The boy, called Child Ab to protect his anonymity, had been removed from school for more than a year without any effective intervention from professionals across education, health and social care, until he was eventually taken into care at the end of 2016, the serious case review (SCR) by Northamptonshire Children Safeguarding Partnership (NCSP) states.
His stepfather and mother were jailed in April 2019 for neglect offences against the boy and his siblings, for seven years and three years respectively.
The SCR into the boy's case calls on NCSP to review elective home education “which remains a national issue” after the boy was removed from school by his stepfather despite him not having parental responsibility.
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