Jade Barnett was 15 when she was driven 250 miles away from her home in London to Blackpool, in the northwest of England. “We’re aware that some registered children’s homes have become an investment vehicle for private equity, often based overseas,” says Yvette Stanley, national director of social care at Ofsted, the regulator for this market. “Too often, when phrases …
Labour’s planned tax raid on private schools could force “vulnerable children” to leave their current schools, a former Ofsted chief has warned. “It is a lot of uncertainty for some quite vulnerable children and it’s really important that thought goes into what needs to be provided and how it is going to be provided to make sure we don’t end …
