The number of children in this situation is thought to be anything between 80,000 and 100,000 – a worrying statistic in itself. What is perhaps equally disturbing is the fact that some councils have been unable to provide basic data from their education management systems.
Speaking on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, Dame Rachel said:
“When I asked the 10 local authorities to send me very simple data [such as] how many children have you got in your area, how many children are not on roll, how many children are waiting for school places, they could not all give me that answer.
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