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East Sussex has put 600 more children on child protection plans most of them under five years old in the past two years, and the number of looked-after children in its care during that time has almost doubled to 560.
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Its safeguarding arrangements and services for looked-after children are "inadequate".
Where else can I go? 2011
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The 2011 Ofsted inspection of safeguarding and looked-after children concluded services were "adequate".
Where else can I go? 2011
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Ringfenced schools budgets were off limits, and decisions were taken to insulate child protection and looked-after children budgets – both under pressure from rising demand.
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This is in stark contrast to the recent past, where even in the 1980s the majority of looked-after children would have been in a residential placement.
Barnardo's boss says more children need to be placed in care 2010
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New Labour have not only tinkered incessantly with the curriculum, they have imposed national strategies which prescribed how things should be taught; imposed health and safety regulations; racial equality regulations; gender equality regulations and regulations for special needs, gifted and talented pupils, looked-after children, bullying, social inclusion, community cohesion and Healthy Schools.
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New products this year include Stars 4 Schools, a web-based software program that enables teachers to track the progress of individual pupils, assess the performance of groups, such as looked-after children, and compile reports.
Web-based learning leaves schools in two minds Julie Nightingale 2010
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Waiting to feel that comforting, looked-after feeling I always had here.
Vanished Kate Brian 2010
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Almost three-quarters of looked-after children are in foster care, compared to 13% in residential settings.
Barnardo's boss says more children need to be placed in care 2010
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Martin Narey, who formerly worked as director general of the Prison Service, said there are currently 62,000 "looked-after" children in Britain.
Barnardo's boss says more children need to be placed in care 2010
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