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Coronavirus: How Britain's invisible children are being forgotten
Newsnight can reveal that “a worryingly low number” of vulnerable children allocated a school place to keep them safe during the coronavirus crisis are actually turning up.
“A worryingly low number” of vulnerable children allocated a school place in England to keep them safe during the coronavirus crisis are actually turning up, officials have told ѿý Newsnight.
In some areas just a quarter of the “at risk” children who are meant to be in school are attending, the programme has been told. In some areas the figure is below 10%.
UK Editor Katie Razzall reports.
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