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"I think people would be stunned that there are that many children in this country that we do not know where they are," Dame Rachel told BBC Radio 5 Live.She said it was a "scandal" that children missing from education were "not on anybody's radar".
Children missing from education (CME) are those of school age who are not registered pupils at a school or receiving suitable education elsewhere, such as at home.They are different to children who are persistently absent, who are pupils registered with a school who miss at least 10% of their time there or the equivalent of at least one day per fortnight.Dame Rachel said managing the SEN crisis and improving attendance were the top priorities for getting children back into schools.
According to a Teacher Tapp survey commissioned by BBC Radio 5 Live, 28% of school leaders across the state sector said SEN funding was their top financial concern.That figure rose to 44% among primary school leaders.
At Varndean School, in Brighton, 100 pupils have an education and healthcare plan (EHCP) - a legal document setting out what a pupil's specific educational, health and social care needs are and what is required by various service providers to meet them.
Head teacher Shelley Baker said there had been a "huge" rise in the number of her students with special educational needs and disabilities, to 30% in the past year - far higher than the national average.University of Central Lancashire academic Rick Peterson, an expert in Neolithic cave burials, will present findings about the caves and landscapes of Ingleborough.
Independent landscape archaeologist David Johnson will give a talk on millstones used for grinding grain.His research looks for “tooling marks” along the Pennine chain, which runs from Derbyshire to Northumberland and through the Dales.
It shows how rock from the Pennine hills has been used to create millstones since the Middle Ages.Luke Barker and Douglas Mitcham from the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority will present the results of a new survey of Knights Close, a medieval site in Raydale.