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The Department has set out a new legal requirement for local authorities to maintain registers...
Recommendation
The Department has set out a new legal requirement for local authorities to maintain registers of children not in school. The Department must issue clear guidance to local authorities on the definition of a child missing education, to ensure that all looked- after children not in the roll of a DfE registered school are recorded. (Paragraph 95) Educational poverty: how children in residential care have been let down and what to do about it 49
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 10 November 2022. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗