Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 18
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Acknowledged
Paragraph: 49
Much more needs to be done to speed up school admissions for looked-after children.
Conclusion
Much more needs to be done to speed up school admissions for looked-after children. We heard from Ofsted that it can take “many months” for a local authority to go through the admissions adjudications process.
Government response summary AI-generated
The department agrees on the importance of timely school admissions for looked-after children and is working with the Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA) to explore how the timeliness of decision making can be improved, for example, by prioritizing cases involving looked-after children.
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49
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government · verbatim extract
Acknowledged
The department agrees on the importance of timely school admissions for looked-after children and is working with the Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA) to explore how the timeliness of decision making can be improved, for example, by prioritising cases involving looked-after children.
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