‘Painful’ Ofsted report in Herefordshire leads to calls for resignations

General meeting was held to discuss failing children's services after an inspection slated its social work as inadequate' in all areas

Councillors called for heads to roll at an extraordinary general meeting held to discuss Herefordshire's failing children's services after an Ofsted inspection slated its social work as inadequate" in all areas.

After a slew of damning high court judgments since 2018 that detailed how Herefordshire social workers had breached children's human rights, the criticisms in a recent Ofsted report were described by councillors as painful", extremely upsetting", and harrowing".