Question: What should educational providers and others do concerning vulnerable children during the COVID-19 outbreak?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Supporting vulnerable children and young people during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak - actions for educational providers and other partners
section_headers: Attendance of vulnerable children and young people
Actions in case of provider closure
section_content: If an educational provider had closed during the initial period of the
coronavirus outbreak, they should have informed the local authority to discuss
alternative arrangements for vulnerable children and young people. These
providers are now asked to work towards reopening so that they are able to
cater for vulnerable children and young people, alongside children of critical
workers and those in returning year groups.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
It's a relevant answer. It answered the question.
There is not a lot of information here, but there is a mention about vulnerable kids in an educational setting.  It might be somewhat helpful.

Reviewer ratings:
Excellent
Could be Improved

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Supporting vulnerable children and young people during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak - actions for educational providers and other partners
section_headers: Attendance of vulnerable children and young people
Attendance of children and young people who are otherwise vulnerable
section_content: This group includes children and young people across all year groups who have
been assessed as being otherwise vulnerable by educational providers or local
authorities (including children’s social care services), and who could
therefore benefit from continued attendance. This might include children on
the edge of receiving support from children’s social care services, adopted
children, those at risk of becoming NEET, those living in temporary
accommodation, those who are young carers and others at the provider and local
authority’s discretion.
Educational providers - together with other relevant partners such as local
authorities, where appropriate - should:

identify children or young people who may fall into this ‘otherwise vulnerable’ category - noting that the examples given above do not constitute an exhaustive list of children and young people who might be ‘otherwise vulnerable’
contact these children and young people and their parents/carers to make them aware that they are eligible for a place
encourage their attendance, where it is appropriate, and if absent, follow up with the parent/carer to explore reasons for absence

*[NEET]: not in employment, education or training

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
It includes a lot of irrelevant information. It answers the question near the end.
There is a decent amount of information here.  It tells what providers can do about vulnerable children.

Reviewer ratings:
Acceptable
Excellent

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus outbreak
section_headers: Prioritising children
What should happen to vulnerable children if their provider is closed?
section_content: Where the setting which vulnerable children usually attend is closed, the
setting should notify the local authority (and social worker, where relevant)
that these vulnerable children need alternative provision. Settings should
work with the families of vulnerable children and local authorities (and
social workers, where relevant) to support this.
Where a setting has closed, and a child moves to a different early years
setting, the closed provider should do whatever it reasonably can to provide
the receiving setting with any relevant welfare and child protection
information. The receiving setting should be aware of the reason the child is
vulnerable and any arrangements in place to support them. As a minimum, the
receiving setting should, as appropriate, have access to a vulnerable child’s
EHC plan, child in need plan, child protection plan or, for looked-after
children, their personal education plan, and know who the child’s social
worker is (and, for looked-after children, who the responsible virtual school
head is).
The transfer of necessary information should ideally happen before a child
arrives at the new setting and, where that is not possible, as soon as
reasonably practicable. Any exchanges of information will ideally happen
between the designated safeguarding leads (or deputies), and/or between
special educational needs co-ordinators/named individual with oversight of
special educational needs provision for children with EHC plans.
Whilst providers must continue to have appropriate regard to data protection
and General Data Protection Regulation GDPR, they do not prevent the sharing
of information for the purposes of keeping children safe. For more information
please read the Department for Education’s guidance: Information sharing
advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services to children, young
people, parents and carers
guidance.
*[EHC]: education, health and care

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
It's a thorough response. It mentions important information.
There is a decent amount of information that seems it might be relevant.  Still, nothing really is mentioned about vulnerable children specifically.

Reviewer ratings:
Excellent
Acceptable