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
Government Response (AI assessment · 57 of 59 classified)
Accepted
14
Acknowledged
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Deferred
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Rejected
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Recommendations
1 results
40
Not Addressed
The Department must ensure looked-after children are quickly able to access vital mental health support...
Recommendation
The Department must ensure looked-after children are quickly able to access vital mental health support services in a timely way despite being placed out-of-area or moved around. The child must not be disadvantaged in terms of waiting times if they …
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Government Response Summary
The government repeated the committee's recommendation without response.
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Conclusions (4) Observations and findings — click to expand
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Conclusion
Not Addressed
There is a cliff-edge in Pupil Premium Plus funding when a looked-after pupil turns
Government Response Summary
The government repeats the committee's conclusion without providing a response.
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Conclusion
Not Addressed
Para 100
The Government’s SEND reforms must move towards a less adversarial system that places less strain on children and families.
Government Response Summary
The government repeats the committee's conclusion without providing a response.
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Conclusion
Not Addressed
Para 106
Over 90% of SEND tribunal decisions are made in favour of the parent and child. But where a child with SEND lives in residential care, and does not have a school place or Education, Health and Care plan that meets their needs, they may effectively have no right of appeal …
Government Response Summary
The government repeats the committee's conclusion without providing a response.
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Conclusion
Not Addressed
Para 113
41% of care leavers aged 19–21 are not in education, employment or training, up from 39% in 2020. This is a shameful reflection of an education and careers system that routinely—and without consequences—fails far too many looked-after children. Too often, the potential of care leavers is not being realised. With …
Government Response Summary
The government repeated the committee's conclusion without response.