South Yorkshire Police has commissioned an independent investigation into its handling of the Rotherham child abuse scandal. The inquiry will "examine the role of both the police and council… and address any wrongdoings or failings", chief Constable David Crompton said. The BBC reports that the inquiry will be led by another police force.
The Centre for Social Justice has urged the government to embrace plans to turn top state schools and academies into boarding schools to give disadvantaged children a better education. The Telegraph reports that the CSJ wants taxpayers’ money to be used to enable the small number of existing state boarding schools in England to expand. It believes funding new places at boarding schools could prove cheaper than keeping children in care, but local authority social services departments are “prejudiced” against the idea.
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