DfE hands council £2.9m to establish children's services trust

Joe Lepper
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

The government has agreed to hand a council a £2.9m grant towards the cost of setting up a trust to run its children's services, two years after it was rated "inadequate" by Ofsted.

Children's services in Reading were rated "inadequate" in August 2016. Picture: Reading Council
Children's services in Reading were rated "inadequate" in August 2016. Picture: Reading Council

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