Young people and teachers are being put at risk because of failures to pass on information about violent pupils and abusive parents.
Last month, a 15-year-old boy was convicted of raping a teacher who had not been warned about his history of violence, and other teachers have suffered permanent physical injuries because they weren't told how dangerous the young people in their care could be.
Pupils, too, have been attacked because their schools don't know the history of their violent classmates. Others, who are at risk of abuse at home, are "lost" to the authorities. The Government wants to introduce a new system of tracking children and young people. But some experts say the system that the Government is proposing is unworkable - and could even lead to young people being put at greater risk.
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