Member

There are all sorts of stats, which, in the interests of time, I will not go through, but this is obviously a huge shock to the child and to the whole school community. It also has long-term effects on people’s GCSE scores and impacts on what happens to people later in life. The death of a parent by the age of 16 is associated with women failing to gain any sort of qualification, and both men and women being unemployed by the age of 30. I have no doubt that some schools manage this very well and have good policies in place but, very often, schools will find themselves suddenly experiencing this situation and thinking, “Gosh, what do we do?” This amendment aims to ensure that that is not the case; it aims to set a standard.