The consultation, which will run until October 2008, has been launched because the DCSF believes local authorities need more help to fulfil their legal duty to track children not in mainstream education (CYP Now, 9-15 July). The draft guidance suggests local authorities need a detailed definition of CME, which will include children in refuges and those from mobile families. Local services inspectorates, including Ofsted, are also consulting on whether councils should be assessed on how well they track...