"Analysis conducted for Rachel de Souza, the children’s commissioner for England, found that 36% of children in secure settings had attended schools in the West Midlands and – astonishingly – 20% went to the same six schools."
I had to read this several times - just a jaw-dropping statistic
Ben Zaranko
I wrote about the shocking state of youth justice:
- 2/3 reoffend
- 1/5 of kids in YOIs went to same 6 schools
- 2/3 grew up in care
- 61% have experienced violence in custody
- 3/4 have history of persistent absence
- YOI costs double Eton but only 20% pass GCSEs
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Lenient sentences handed to two teenage rapists have sparked fury but the government says it does not want to jail children. How does it square the circle?
