Increasingly schools are working with other partners including health and social care services to determine how best to meet the needs of children as part of the Every Child Matters agenda. Effective collaboration between schools and partners means the leadership role of governors in partnership with the head teacher and senior management team is vital – and especially in relation to looked after children.

This publication aims to help governors ensure that their schools are doing all they can to help children in care fulfil their potential and contribute to school life.

This guidance is set out in sections. Each section deals with a phase or area in a child’s life where being looked after may require the school’s governing body to consider what action it may need to take.

Each section sets out the key problems and challenges that the governing body may face when considering looked after children and offers some practical information. Besides the governing body, this information will be of use to the head teacher, the school’s senior management team, designated teachers, and to local authorities, in particular staff with a specific remit for looked after children.

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Supporting Looked After Learners: A practical guide for school governors

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