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Issue 2.02

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Care Matters: Transforming the Lives of Children and Young People in Care

124–page Green Paper sets out consultation policies to ensure earlier interventions and support for families where children are on the edge of care. It goes on to include proposals to strengthen the corporate parenting role of local authorities; high quality placements which meet their needs; a first class education; positive life outside school; and support for transition into adulthood. This is a summary of that report. Note: The full report is no longer available.

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Investigating the Effective Use of Resources in Secondary Schools

Effectiveness is concerned with ensuring that schools are making the best possible use of their resources to enable every student to fulfil his or her potential. This 54–page study for the DfES was designed to confirm that the schools identified as effective are actually effective when investigated further; and to investigate the good practice that has contributed to their effectiveness. Note: The full report is no longer available.

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