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Letter: Young people disadvantaged
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The Independent - London
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September 11, 1995
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From Mr Peter J. Sandiford
Sir: It seems disturbingly likely that the "sweeping
deregulation of grant maintained schools" ("Major orders blueprint
for all schools to opt out", 4 September) will further disadvantage
the education of young people looked after by local authorities.
This is particularly true if, as the article suggests, plans are
implemented to remove or modify the right of local education
authorities to force grant maintained schools to take pupils who
have been excluded from other schools.
Thanks to research such as Sonia Jackson's Education of Children
in Care, we have known for years that becoming "looked after"
brings a high risk of educational failure. Nevertheless, little ...