Children missing from education are among the most vulnerable in society. To get these children back into the system and protect them from harm, it is crucial to be able to identify who and where they are.
As long ago as 2002, the government said local authorities should have "robust systems" in place by December 2005 to identify children missing from education. This was restated after the Children Act 2004. And in February this year a legal duty came into force under the Education and Inspections Act requiring local authorities to record how many children are missing from education. But out of the 50 councils in England that responded to a Children & Young People Now survey, nearly one in five (18 per cent) were unable to say how many children were missing from education in their area.
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