The investigation comes as part of an ongoing probe into the issues facing left behind groups including those with experience of care, left behind white pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, home education and prison education.
According to latest figures from Ofsted, cited by the committee, just seven per cent of looked-after children achieve a good pass in GCSE English and Maths compared with 40 per cent of non-looked after children.
Around a quarter of both homeless people and those in prison are care-leavers while looked-after children are four times more likely to have a special educational need (SEN) than other children.
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