Both the in-year admissions process and communication between social workers and schools are to be improved in a bid to better protect vulnerable children.

It comes after the Department for Education (DfE) published the final report of its Children in Need Review.

It defines “children in need” as those who need or have needed a support from a social worker. Between 2012 and 2018, the review says that this covered approximately 1.6 million children and that one in 10 children were classified as “in need” in 2018.

Education secretary Damian Hinds set out his response to the review’s findings during a speech to the Reform think-tank earlier this month.

The review emphasises that 98 per cent of schools, primary and secondary, in England have children who are classified as in need.

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