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The Department has set out a new legal requirement for local authorities to maintain registers...
Recommendation
The Department has set out a new legal requirement for local authorities to maintain registers of children not in school. The Department must issue clear guidance to local authorities on the definition of a child missing education, to ensure that all looked- after children not in the roll of a DfE registered school are recorded. (Paragraph 95) Educational poverty: how children in residential care have been let down and what to do about it 49
Government Response Summary
The government accepts the recommendation in principle and states that this will be considered as part of their wider work to develop an implementation strategy to the care review.
Government Response
Deferred
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
Accept in principle. The department recognises the need to hold local authorities to account in terms of looked-after children not in school and failing to receive the education they deserve. This will be considered as part of our wider work to develop an implementation strategy to the care review.
Source
Committee
Education Committee
Inquiry
Children's Homes
Addressee Bodies
Department for Education
Timeline
Recommendation age
3.9 yrs
Report published
08 Jul 2022