New analysis published by commissioner Anne Longfield states that as many as one in 25 teenagers were at risk of dropping out of education or going missing from care and becoming “easy prey” for criminal gangs before the Covid-19 pandemic.
In 2017/18, 123,000 teenagers “fell through gaps” in local authority provision becoming invisible to services.
The report warns that spending six months out of school could leave even more children failing to return to full-time training or education without urgent support over the summer break.
“A whole generation of vulnerable teens could stay at risk of educational failure and unemployment, or crime or exploitation,” Longfield warns.
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