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        For more information, click here

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      • Addressing Domestic Abuse in schools
      • Banning Parents from School Premises
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      • Directing children off site to improve behaviour
      • Understanding your school’s Equality duties
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      • Education of children outside of their chronological age group
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      • Managing behaviour in school
      • Providing education for children out of school
      • Understanding home education
      • Dealing with exclusions
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Ban on under-16s being placed in unregulated accommodation proposed

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Gemma Smith - Uncategorised

Minimum standards to be introduced for unregulated accommodation

Putting children under the age of 16 in unregulated accommodation will become illegal if new plans announced by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson become law.

Read more in Family Law Week

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