The reforms of children's services are centred around getting support at an early stage to children in need. But what can be done if many of these children have simply disappeared off the map?
This is the conundrum thrown up by an Ofsted report that says a lack of support for children who are not in school is compounding the disadvantages they face through social exclusion.
Up to 10,000 children are missing from the education system and more than 9,000 pupils are permanently excluded from school each year. Ofsted says there are concerns that schools and local education authorities are not consistently tracking children's whereabouts, achievements or destinations. And although the collection of information has improved, analysis of this data is insufficiently detailed and is not being used to inform action for improvement.
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