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Children in care - advice on promotion of educational achievement of children formerly in care Duty
- Description
- A local authority in England must make advice and information available for the purpose of promoting the educational achievement of each relevant child educated in their area.
The advice and information must be made available to—
(a) any person who has parental responsibility for the child,
(b) the member of staff at the child's school designated under section 20A of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 or by virtue of section 2E of the Academies Act 2010, and
(c) any other person that the local authority consider appropriate.
A local authority in England must appoint at least one person for the purpose of discharging the duty imposed by subsection and the person appointed for that purpose must be an officer employed by the authority or another local authority in England.
- Modified
- 04 Mar 2021
- Status
- Live
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