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Ofsted apologises for initial failure in Shoesmith case

published Tue, Nov 10 2009 08:45 GMT
Regulator ordered to explain delay by judge in case over sacking of children's services head following Baby P deathThe children's services watchdog was forced to apologise today for making a "serious and deeply regrettable" mistake in failing to disclose potential evidence in Sharon Shoesmith's high court case over her sacking in the wake of the death of Baby P.A judge described the late emergence of the documents from Ofsted as "very unsatisfactory". He ordered the regulator to give him "chapter and verse" on why it had previously said that draft versions of a scathing report into children's services at Haringey council, in London, could not be located, only for them to turn up last week.Mr Justice Foskett gave Ofsted two ...

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