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Education and Skills Bill

Does this raise the question of what standard of proof is required? What can an employer reasonably show to either Connexions or to the local authority in his area to say, ““I, in good faith, believed that arrangements had been made””? Will it always have to be a letter from a place of education, which may take some months to require, or should there be a pro forma, a recognised means, that can be endorsed by an employer or an educator, as the case may require, which will be recognised not merely by the local authority but also by the courts?