Lucy Powell, Labour's shadow education secretary, commenting on the investigations, said: «Ministers have a basic responsibility to ensure that children are kept safe, and yet despite warning after warning, they have dragged their feet on this very serious issue, leaving children in
unregistered schools where they could be in harm's way.
Powell commented: «Ministers have a basic responsibility to ensure that children are kept safe, and yet despite warning after warning, they have dragged their feet on this very serious issue, leaving children in
unregistered schools where they could be in harm's way.
Not exact matches
The government wants to crack down on cases
where children are said to be «home educated», but are actually attending an
unregistered school setting.
When asked what role
unregistered provision should play in the education system, Gibb said it was important to distinguish between an «unlawful»
unregistered school setting and an out - of -
school setting, like a garage
where a child goes one day a week to learn a vocational skill.
«As a result, many children are dropping off the radar or ending up in illegal,
unregistered schools for months or years,
where they are at risk of being exposed to harm, exploitation, or the influence of extremist ideologies.»