Recommendation WATE-(42): Mandate governing bodies for larger private children's homes and residential schools
From Waterhouse Inquiry — Final Report, published 15 February 2000.
Recommendation
The owner of a private children's home and the owner of a private residential school approved generally for SEN children or receiving SEN children with the consent of the Secretary of State should be required, if the establishment is above a size to be determined, to appoint an appropriately constituted governing body under arrangements approved by the relevant regulatory authority, to include representation from the local social services and education authorities (as appropriate) and the local community.
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.