The call comes as new research reveals less than 40 per cent of head teachers and only a quarter of teachers believe mainstream schools are a suitable option for young people returning to education from custody.
Outlining the results of a wide-ranging survey of different professions and the public, Professor Martin Stephenson told delegates at the Youth Justice Board's annual convention that a majority of people saw teachers and schools as the most influential agency when it came to reducing crime.
But the former senior policy advisor to the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) said there was a "systematic faultline" because young offenders could not be guaranteed education.
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