Looked After Children definition

Looked After Children. : means a child who is a) in the care of a Local Authority, or b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (section 22(1) of The Children Act 1989). All children adopted from care who are of compulsory school age are eligible for admission under criterion 1. Places are allocated to children in public care according to Chapter 7, Section 2 of the School Admissions (Admission Arrangements and Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2012. Highest priority will also be given to children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted, or became subject to a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order. Children who were not “looked after” immediately before being adopted, or made the subject of a Child Arrangement Order or Special Guardianship Order, will not be prioritised under criteria 1.

Looked After Children. – means children who are looked after by the local authority through a Care Order made by court or by agreement with the parent/s.

Looked After Children means a child who is looked after by a local authority in accordance with section 22 of the children Act 1989(b) at the time an application for his admission to a school is made and who the local authority has confirmed will still be looked after at the time when she is admitted to the school.

Examples of Looked After Children in a sentence

• Consent must be sought from those with parental responsibility (this may include the Local Authority in the case of Looked After Children).

• The University of Liverpool has a specific programme of activity aimed at Looked After Children and has been awarded the Xxxxx Xxxxxx Trust Quality Mark for its Plan of Commitment to Care Leavers.

• The refreshed Looked After Children Review project submitted to the strategic change program will also impact on this indicator.

• Number of Looked After Children in Moray 250 200 150 100 50 0 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 July 2010 July 2011 Looked After in Community Looked After in Residential Accommodation Total % attaining Maths & English at SCQF level 3 or above Looked After Children All Children 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Over the last 5 years the number of looked after children (LAC) in Moray has increased slightly although the proportion looked after in a community setting has consistently been about 87% [20].

• These procedures include approaches that could be extended to reviews for all Looked After Children.

More Definitions of Looked After Children

Looked After Children means children looked after by the Minister; “Mental Health Law” means the Mental Health (Jersey) Law 2016; “Minister” means the Minister for Children and Education;

Looked After Children. (LAC) means children in public care, who are placed with foster carers, in residential homes or with parents or other relatives.

Looked After Children bursary – a minimum bursary of £1,000 per annum to help care leavers with their living costs. Student Support fund – PGCE students will also be able to access the university’s student support fund which is directed at students who are most in need in order to support their retention. PGCE students are not eligible for the National Scholarship Programme. In addition, PGCE students are not eligible for the LJMU scholarships (LJMU DPA, LJMU Achievers and LJMU Vice Chancellor’s Award) as detailed on pages 9 and 10 in LJMU’s existing access agreement.

Looked After Children means any child in the care of a local authority or provided with accommodation by them (e.g. children with foster parents), and previously „looked after children‟ are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted18 (or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order). “

Looked After Children means children looked after by the Minister for Children and Education as defined in Article 1A of the Children Law;

Looked After Children means a Child or Young Person who is looked after by a local authority, or in the care of a local authority or is provided with accommodation by a local authority under the Children Act 1989

Looked After Children means any child in the care of the local authority or with foster parents or children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order.