Thousands of children left state education to destinations ‘unknown’ to councils
by Eleanor Busby
Feb 22, 2024
4 minutes
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More than 10,000 children in England left the state education system in a single year to destinations unknown to local authorities, a report from the Children’s Commissioner has found.
Dame Rachel de Souza said she was “deeply concerned” by the figures showing that thousands had fallen “through the cracks” of the system.
Local authorities in England do not know what has happened to an estimated 10,181 children who left the state education system between spring 2021/22 and spring 2022/23, the analysis has suggested.
I am deeply concerned to see just how many children are falling through the cracks after leaving the state-funded education system
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