Definition of Looked After Children A looked after child is 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 in accordance with section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989 at the time of making an application to a school. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order). This includes children who were adopted under the Adoption Act 1976 and children who were adopted under section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002. Child arrangements orders are defined in section 8 of the Children Act 1989, as amended by section 12 of the Children and Families Act 2014. Child arrangements orders replace residence orders and any residence order in force prior to 22 April 2014 is deemed to be a child arrangements order. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a ‘special guardianship order’ as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians) Definition of siblings a brother or sister who shares the same parents a half-brother, half-sister or legally adopted child living at the same address a child looked after by a local authority placed in a foster family with other school age children a stepchild or children who are not related but live as a family unit, where parents both live at the same address as the child. Definition of Regular Worship and church involvement Regular worship means parents/guardians who have attended worship at least one Sunday a month over the previous year. in the life and work of’ means parents /guardians demonstrate specific ‘Involved involvement in the church apart from regular worship throughout at least the previous year.
Definition of Looked After Children A looked after child is 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 in accordance with section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989 at the time of making an application to a school. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order). This includes children who were adopted under the Adoption Act 1976 and children who were adopted under section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002. Child arrangements orders are defined in section 8 of the Children Act 1989, as amended by section 12 of the Children and Families Act 2014. Child arrangements orders replace residence orders and any residence order in force prior to 22 April 2014 is deemed to be a child arrangements order. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a ‘special guardianship order’ as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians) Definition of siblings a brother or sister who shares the same parents a half-brother, half-sister or legally adopted child living at the same address a child looked after by a local authority placed in a foster family with other school age children a stepchild or children who are not related but live as a family unit, where parents both live at the same address as the child. Definition of Regular Worship and church involvement Regular worship means parents/guardians who have attended worship at least one Sunday a month over the previous year. ‘Involved in the life and work of’ means parents /guardians demonstrate specific involvement in the church apart from regular worship throughout at least the previous year.