Nearly 15,000 children in England are missing from education
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Results of a freedom of information (FOI) request, published by leading children’s charity the National Children’s Bureau (NCB), suggest that on any given day as many as 14,800 children are missing education in England.
Of these, over 3,000 are children whose whereabouts are unknown to their school or local authority – not only jeopardising their education but also indicating some may be at risk of more serious harm or neglect.
139 of the 152 local authorities in England responded to a FOI re...
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