The Who Cares? Trust said young people in care would have "even more opportunity to fall by the wayside" under proposals in the five-year education plan, released earlier this month (Analysis, 14-20 July), which would give schools more autonomy.
It said this development made it even more important that the Government supported an amendment to the Children Bill that would put a statutory duty on school governors to promote the educational achievement of looked-after children.
Last month the Government rejected the amendment (Education News, 9-15 June), which has also been backed by the Local Government Association and the National Children's Bureau.
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