Private Education: Children in Care
(asked on 31st October 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) looked after children and (b) children in need are on the roll of independent schools.
This question was answered on 5th November 2019
3,372 looked after children were on the roll of independent schools in January 2019, according to the most recent School Level Annual School Census figures. Through our Board School Partnerships initiative, we are encouraging local authorities to be more proactive in this field.
The department does not collect information in the school census on the number of children in need in independent schools.