Second Report - Educational poverty: how children in residential care have been let down and what to do about it

Select Committee
Education Committee HC 57 8 July 2022
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 59 items (38 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 59 of 59 classified)
Accepted 14
Accepted in Part 3
Acknowledged 13
Deferred 21
Not Addressed 6
Rejected 2
Government response
Third Special Report - Educational poverty: how children in residential care have been let down and what to do about it: Government response to the Committee’s Second Report · published 10 Nov 2022
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Recommendations & Conclusions

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8 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Para 31
Local authorities must annually report to Ofsted, accounting for how every penny of their Pupil...
Recommendation
Local authorities must annually report to Ofsted, accounting for how every penny of their Pupil Premium Plus grant is being spent. The Department must strengthen its guidance on the grant, stipulating that all funding must be allocated via the Virtual … Read more
Government Response Summary
The department will consider further changes to the guidance and specifically whether it should stipulate that the VSH must sign-off on all use of the funding and whether more detailed financial information should be included in the Virtual School Annual Report provided to Ofsted.
Department for Education
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16 Recommendation Accepted in Part
The needs of looked-after pupils do not suddenly cease to exist when they turn
Recommendation
The needs of looked-after pupils do not suddenly cease to exist when they turn
Government Response Summary
The government acknowledges the importance of continued support for care leavers, having launched a £3 million pilot for Pupil Premium Plus style funding and allocated £36 million to extend the Staying Close programme. A comprehensive implementation strategy will address this and other recommendations.
Department for Education
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24 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Access to specialist mental health support is essential in supporting children in care, and the...
Recommendation
Access to specialist mental health support is essential in supporting children in care, and the Government must commit to funding specialist mental health support for every school. It must also invest targeted funding to fully level-up spend per-child on mental … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government acknowledged the importance of specialist mental health support, stating that they are investing an additional £2.3 billion per year by 2023/24, to allow 345,000 children and young people to access NHS-funded mental health services and supporting every school and college to access mental health training backed by £1.4 billion but did not commit to funding specialist mental health support for every school or reducing mental health waiting lists to one month.
Department for Education
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