Children’s social care services in Cornwall are no longer subject to central government intervention. Children’s minister Edward Timpson has revoked the improvement order placed on Cornwall County Council in 2009 after a recent Ofsted inspection rated its services adequate. Lucy de Groot, who chaired the improvement board in Cornwall, said: “I am very impressed with the progress Cornwall has made. It should not be underestimated just how serious the deficiencies were in 2009 and the report at the time was rightly damning.”
Head teachers in Wales are getting younger reports WalesOnline. The latest figures from the General Teaching Council for Wales shows that the proportion of heads over the age of 50 has fallen to 43.7 per cent, the lowest level in a decade. The statistics also revealed that the proportion of male teachers in Wales has slipped below 25 per cent.
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