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Daily roundup: Child protection, free schools, and foetal alcohol syndrome

Guidance issued on foreign child protection cases; report criticises free schools' record; and foetal alcohol syndrome on the rise in Teeside, all in the news today.

The government has issued advice for frontline professionals dealing with child protection cases and care orders where the child has links to a foreign country. The guidance includes a summary of the main international legislation, guidance on agencies and organisations that social workers can seek advice from, and links to other relevant guidance.

The government’s free schools programme is failing to address educational disadvantage and attainment gaps, a report commissioned by teaching union the NASUWT, has found. The report found that many free schools are not operating fair and inclusive admission policies and are failing to comply with their statutory obligations to equality.

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