Plans for improving services for children in care were outlined lastweek when the Department for Education and Skills launched the CareMatters: Time for Change white paper.
The policy document finalises the plans mooted in the Care Matters:Transforming the Lives of Children and Young People in Care green paper,which the Government consulted on at the end of last year.
Here Children Now examines the main points of the white paper.
EDUCATION
Education is one of the most important considerations in the whitepaper, with children in care being given the highest priority in schooladmissions.
Local authorities will be able to direct schools to take looked-afterchildren, even if they are full, and they will have to ensure thesechildren are not moved during years 10 and 11.
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