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Missed Opportunities to Stop Headteacher Abusing Girls, Review Finds
The report reveals over 50 missed interventions by multiple agencies that allowed Neil Foden to abuse children for years, highlighting urgent safeguarding reforms.
- Published this afternoon on November 4, a Child Practice Review by the North Wales Safeguarding Board found more than 50 missed opportunities that allowed Neil Foden to sexually abuse girls over years.
- Following his imprisonment in 2024, the North Wales Safeguarding Board commissioned a Child Practice Review that traced concerns about Neil Foden from 2018 to his 2023 arrest.
- The 107-page report with 27 recommendations detailed incidents like 2018 messaging and a pupil entering Foden's car, finding poor staff training and weak record-keeping.
- The safeguarding board accepted the review's findings and apologised, engaging with victims and their families, while Welsh Government confirmed it will act immediately and publish an action plan later this year.
- Jan Pickles OBE led the year-long CPR with two independent external reviewers; solicitors representing up to 12 individuals have started a legal case against Gwynedd council.
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