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Digital copy of the Principal's Report to the Advisory Sub-Committee [Meeting] to be held at [Les Chênes] School on 25 March [1985]. [Some details redacted]. Taken from Minutes of the Les Chênes Advisory Sub-Committee.

For Witness 626's witness statement to the States of Jersey Police dated 3 March 2009, see ZC/D/AW1/B1/5/8/WS000442.

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Reference	ZC/D/AW1/A3/9/10/WD003880
Date	8 March 1985
Scope and Content	Refers to two admissions to Les Chênes since 12 November 1984, both categorised as voluntary admissions to care. Includes details about the admission of Witness 626, admitted to Les Chênes on 17 December 1984. Provides an overview of the background to her admission, including comments about her intelligences, home life and attitude and performance at school. Refers to Witness 626's involvement in a sub-culture, admittance to the General Hospital and the Child Pyschiatric Unit, remarks about the relationship between Witness 626 and her parents and recommendation for placement at Les Chênes by Mr [John] Birtwistle, Educational Psychologist. Includes remarks about her attitude, behaviour, acadaemic attainment and conduct since admission. Also refers to the admission of [a boy], outlining reasons for his placement into care in 1979, family background, attitude and behaviour at school, admission to the Primary Tutorial Unit, abscondence from La Préférence and subsequent placement at Les Chênes. Also refers to the boy being discharged by his mother and re-admitted to Les Chênes to be educated. Includes comments about his educational attainments, behaviour and attitude. Notes that there were no discharges during the period under review.
Names	Birtwistle, John Castledine, David Hollywood, Jim McKeon, Tom Child Psychiatric Unit Children's Services Hautlieu School Jersey General Hospital La Préférence Children's Home Les Chênes School Advisory Sub-Committee Les Chênes Residential School Primary Tutorial Unit States of Jersey Police
Keywords	abscondence \| admissions \| Child Care Officers \| child protection \| childcare \| Children \| children's homes \| children's services \| Committees \| discharges \| Education \| examinations \| families \| heritage \| meetings \| minutes \| principals \| psychologists \| qualifications \| reports \| records \| residential schools \| witnesses
Places	La Préférence, St Martin, Les Chênes, Five Oaks
Dimensions	1 pdf file
Language	English
Level of description	File
Access restrictions	PDF file - please click on the link to download
Closed until	2100

Context:

ZC/D/AW Independent Jersey Care Inquiry

ZC/D/AW1 Independent Jersey Care Inquiry - Phase 1a. Evidence of and relating to former residents of children's homes and foster care. Includes Witness Statements given to the Inquiry and the States of Jersey Police, and supporting evidence in the form of Witness Documents.

ZC/D/AW1/A Phase 1a - Witness Documents. Evidence relating to the experiences of former residents of children's homes and foster care. Includes extracts from Children's Services client files, witness statements given to the States of Jersey Police and documents relating to criminal proceedings and convictions of abusers.

ZC/D/AW1/A3 Witness Documents - Witness Documents Being Read Into The Record. Supporting evidence relating to the experiences of former residents of children's homes and foster placements designated as Witnesses Being Read Into The Record as part of Phase 1a.

ZC/D/AW1/A3/9 Evidence about former residents of Les Chênes designated as Witnesses Being Read into the Record during Phase 1a, in the form of Witness Documents.

ZC/D/AW1/A3/9/10 Evidence about Witness 626, a former resident of Les Chênes designated as a Witness Being Read into the Record during Phase 1a.

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Digital copy of the Principal's Report to the Advisory Sub-Committee [Meeting] to be held at [Les Chênes] School on 25 March [1985]. [Some details redacted]. Taken from Minutes of the Les Chênes Advisory Sub-Committee.

For Witness 626's witness statement to the States of Jersey Police dated 3 March 2009, see ZC/D/AW1/B1/5/8/WS000442.

ZC/D/AW1/A3/9/10/WD003880

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