Chair of the LGA’s Children and Young People Boards, Cllr Judith Blake, responds to a report by the Education Policy Institute on unexplained exits of pupils.
“Councils share the concerns outlined in this report about children leaving school without an explanation, which may not be in the best interests of the child.
“This is why we support moves by Ofsted to look at numbers of exclusions or pupil exits when inspecting schools and levels of inclusion of children with special educational needs when a school is graded.
“We are also calling for councils to be given the powers and funding to hold all schools to account where there is evidence of unexplained pupil exits.”