Part of Essex County Council's statutory duty to promote the education of Children in Care and Previously Looked After Children.
The Local Authority also has a non-statutory duty to support children known to social care under Child in Need (CiN) and Child Protection (CP) plans, and those in Kinship Care arrangements.
Langham Oaks School is a special school with residential provision, for boys with social, emotional and mental health difficulties, aged 10-16, near Colchester.