Education watchdog Estyn says standards at Blaenau Gwent council remain “unsatisfactory” two years after first requiring special measures.
An overhaul of the delivery of schools services across Wales now seems certain with more than a quarter of Welsh councils in a formal category.
Five of the 22 local education authorities in Wales have been placed in special measures and a further two deemed in need of significant improvement since Estyn launched its new inspection framework in 2010.
Blaenau Gwent was placed in special measures in May 2011 and was re-inspected earlier this year. But Estyn found little improvement, stating its “lack of capacity and competence” at all levels hampers progress.
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