Safeguarding Cornwall's children

Ofsted has just published its report. The word "inadequate" is still there, including in relation to leadership and management. Ofsted says the council must Immediately:

* ensure that potential risks to looked after children are promptly and effectively identified
* ensure that poor practice is improved and that effective challenge to poor practice is provided by managers and by independent reviewing officers
* ensure that practice is compliant with statutory requirements for those looked after children who are placed with their parents or their families.

Notwithstanding the long sorry history of children's services, officials at County Hall had been hoping for better news than this. The word "disappointing" doesn't even begin to describe it.