The inquiry will focus on children’s homes. It will examine a number of areas including educational outcomes and destinations, the quality of support provided by children’s homes, unregulated provision, rates of criminalisation, the sufficiency of children’s home places, and the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read the call for evidence for more detail about the … Show more
| Title | HC No. | Published | Items | Response |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second Report - Educational poverty: how children in reside… | HC 57 | 8 Jul 2022 | 59 | Responded |
There is a cliff-edge in Pupil Premium Plus funding when a looked-after pupil turns
We have highlighted the need for clear sanctions for schools who refuse to admit looked-after pupils, enforced through the impact on the school’s Ofsted judgement. We have also highlighted the need for much quicker decisions to be made by the Schools Adjudicator when the admissions code is breached. And the … Read more
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 are placed out-of-area, and consideration must be given to maintaining … Read more
The Government’s SEND reforms must move towards a less adversarial system that places less strain on children and families.
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Mar 2022 | Fran Oram · Department for Education, Will Quince · Department for Education | View ↗ |
| 1 Feb 2022 | Children's Home - young people session | View ↗ |
| 11 Jan 2022 | Dame Rachel de Souza · Inspiration Trust, Dame Rachel de Souza · Office of the Children's Commissioner for England, Juliette Cammaerts · Office of the Children's Commissioner for England, Yvette Stanley · Ofsted | View ↗ |
| 16 Nov 2021 | Andrew Isaac · Children’s Services Development Group, Charlotte Ramsden OBE · Association of Directors of Children’s Services, Jonathan Whalley · St Christopher’s Fellowship, Michelle Lee-Izu · Barnardo’s | View ↗ |
| 19 Oct 2021 | Hannah McCowen · National Care Leavers Benchmarking Forum, and Catch 22, Mark Russell · The Children’s Society, Patrick Ward · National Association of Virtual School Headteachers (NAVSH), Victoria Langer · Become | View ↗ |
| 20 Jul 2021 | Anne Longfield, Former Children’s Commissioner, Josh MacAlister, Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, The Rt Hon. the Lord Adonis | View ↗ |
| Witness | Organisation | Sessions |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Isaac · Independent Chair | Children’s Services Development Group | 1 |
| Anne Longfield, Former Children’s Commissioner | — | 1 |
| Charlotte Ramsden OBE · President | Association of Directors of Children’s Services | 1 |
| Dame Rachel de Souza · Chief Executive | Inspiration Trust | 1 |
| Dame Rachel de Souza · Children’s Commissioner for England | Office of the Children's Commissioner for England | 1 |
| Fran Oram · Portfolio Director for Children’s Social Care Ref… | Department for Education | 1 |
| Hannah McCowen · Manager | National Care Leavers Benchmarking Forum, and Catch 22 | 1 |
| Jonathan Whalley · Chief Executive | St Christopher’s Fellowship | 1 |
| Josh MacAlister, Independent Review of Children’s Social Care | — | 1 |
| Juliette Cammaerts · Director of Policy and Planning | Office of the Children's Commissioner for England | 1 |
| Mark Russell · Chief Executive | The Children’s Society | 1 |
| Michelle Lee-Izu · Interim Co-CEO | Barnardo’s | 1 |
| Patrick Ward · Chair | National Association of Virtual School Headteachers (NAVSH) | 1 |
| The Rt Hon. the Lord Adonis | — | 1 |
| Victoria Langer · Interim Chief Executive | Become | 1 |
| Will Quince · Minister for Children and Families | Department for Education | 1 |
| Yvette Stanley · National Director for Regulation and Social Care | Ofsted | 1 |
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Sep 2022 | — | Correspondence from the Schools Adjudicator on the Children’s Homes Report, dat… |
| 6 Sep 2022 | — | Correspondence from Ofsted on Calcot Children’s Homes and safeguarding procedur… |