Category: Safeguarding

Email to Councillor Louise Minett-Vokes – Cabinet Member with the Portfolio for Safeguarding


Text version of email WAO Report on the Review of Whistleblowing Arrangements for Safeguarding at Merthyr Council Published August 2019Geoff Jones <geoff.jones07@gmail.com>To: Louise. Minett-Vokes@merthyr.gov.ukThu, 2 Oct 2025 at 10:39Good morning,The above report has never been presented to any committee of the Council for consideration and discussion.It was suppressed by Carys Kennedy because she did not … Continue reading Email to Councillor Louise Minett-Vokes – Cabinet Member with the Portfolio for Safeguarding →

Alexandra Beckham is now the Head of Adult Services at Merthyr Council


Alexandra Beckham That is the same Alexandra Beckham who once was the Safeguarding Manager at the Council. That is the same Alexandra Beckham who played a major part in the cover-up of Safeguarding failures at Ynysowen Primary School in February 2016. For more information check out the following blog posts https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2025/05/20/alex-beckham/ https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2024/03/21/alex-beckham-was-a-co-author-of-a-report-to-the-scrutiny-meeting-social-services-held-on-20th-october-2015-2/ https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2023/11/25/alex-beckham-lead-safeguarding-officer-of-merthyr-council-in-2016-was-she-there-or-not-on-25th-february-2/

AI REVIEW OF THE AUDIT WALES REPORT ON THE REVIEW OF WHISTLEBLOWING ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO SAFEGUARDING AT MERTHYR COUNCIL PUBLISHED IN AUGUST 2019.


Hannah Brown should Review the AI analysis of this report. Hyperlink to AI Analysis https://grok.com/share/c2hhcmQtNA%3D%3D_dce42356-6d96-4ef1-9238-6980909bf08f The Analysis Below is an analysis of the provided text, which is a summary and commentary on the Wales Audit Office (WAO) report concerning whistleblowing and safeguarding arrangements at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council, with specific reference to events in … Continue reading AI REVIEW OF THE AUDIT WALES REPORT ON THE REVIEW OF WHISTLEBLOWING ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO SAFEGUARDING AT MERTHYR COUNCIL PUBLISHED IN AUGUST 2019. →

Updated – My investigation into the Journey of the WAO Report on the Review of Whistleblowing Arrangements relating to Safeguarding at Merthyr Council (aka THE REPORT) – Merthyr Council Cover-up


Hyperlink to Original Post https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2023/07/22/updated-my-investigation-into-the-journey-of-the-wao-report-on-the-review-of-whistleblowing-arrangements-relating-to-safeguarding-at-merthyr-council-aka-the-report/

For the very special attention of Hannah Brown, Head of People Services & Transformation, at Merthyr Council


TEXT VERSION - WAO REPORT OF THE REVIEW OF WHISTLEBLOWING ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO SAFEGUARDING AT MERTHYR COUNCIL I have created this post to enable Hannah Brown to ensure that this report finally gets considered and discussed by a committee of the Council.Geoff Jones Summary of Auditors' Findings • Weaknesses in aspects of record-keeping undermined the … Continue reading For the very special attention of Hannah Brown, Head of People Services & Transformation, at Merthyr Council →

Merthyr Council Safeguarding Failures


READ ALL ABOUT IT And the Reasons for covering-up these failures at the expense of Destroying the Career of an honest, professional long serving Senior HR Officer Part 1 Introduction I have created this page to focus on the Council’s major failures to provide a robust Safeguarding Procedure with particular reference to Whistleblowing arrangements and … Continue reading Merthyr Council Safeguarding Failures →

The failures of the Child Protection Incident at Ynysowen Primary School still remain covered up.


https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2023/08/28/the-merthyr-council-cover-up-is-not-about-an-allegation-of-unreasonable-restraint-of-a-pupil-made-against-the-head-teacher-of-ynysowen-primary-school-in-february-2016/?page_id=17260

Sarah Bowen – Inclusion Manager and Lead Child Protection Officer (Education) and major player in the Cover-up of Weaknesses in Safeguarding Practices at Merthyr Council


This lady was in attendance at Safeguarding Strategy Meetings at Ynysowen Primary School on 24th and 25th of February 2016 This lady was a major player in the cover-up of the weaknesses of Safeguarding and Child Protection Practices at Merthyr Council. If AB was not in attendance, at the meeting on 25th, the meeting must … Continue reading Sarah Bowen – Inclusion Manager and Lead Child Protection Officer (Education) and major player in the Cover-up of Weaknesses in Safeguarding Practices at Merthyr Council →

Merthyr Council’s ‘twin town’  Gwynedd Council Reinstate Officer After 9 Year Suspension…


Some extracts from the post The similarity with Merthyr Council Gwynedd ...that was when he made a senior safeguarding officer aware of concerns. Merthyr ....that was when the Senior HR Officer made the HR Manager aware of safeguarding concerns at Ynysowen Primary School. Gwynedd He said he was advised there was no need for a … Continue reading Merthyr Council’s ‘twin town’  Gwynedd Council Reinstate Officer After 9 Year Suspension… →

This post was first published 5 years ago. The WAO Report on the Review of Whistleblowing Arrangements relating to Safeguarding at Merthyr Council has STILL NOT been made public and remains suppressed by the Monitoring Officer.


The email Text version of the email Balance of ProbabilitySun, 20 Jun 2021 at 11:44Geoff Jones <geoff.jones1@btinternet.com>To: ellis.cooper@merthyr.gov.uk, fran.donnelly@merthyrcb.gov.uk, Councillor Lisa Mytton <Lisa.Mytton@merthyr.gov.uk>, Councillor Kevin Gibbs <kevin.gibbs@merthyr.gov.uk>,andrew.barry@merthyrcb.gov.uk I have no idea if this email will get through to any of you.It should, at least, get through to Chris Barry and Kevin Gibbs as they are … Continue reading This post was first published 5 years ago. The WAO Report on the Review of Whistleblowing Arrangements relating to Safeguarding at Merthyr Council has STILL NOT been made public and remains suppressed by the Monitoring Officer. →