The Department for Education's Help, protection, education; concluding the Children in Need (CiN) review published today shines a light on the 1.2 million pupils who have been under the care of social services and who do not pass their maths and English GCSEs, children's commissioner Anne Longfield claims.
Fewer than one in five of the 1.6 million children who have been supported by a social worker pass their GCSEs in maths and English, which the commissioner describes as "shocking".
Writing on her blog, she claims the review, which was a 2017 Conservative manifesto pledge, "sets out a compelling narrative" for boosting the life chances of these children.
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