A similar story's in the Independent today.
'A London council’s education authority destroyed documents showing children were being educated in illegal faith schools at the request of religious institutions, The Independent can reveal.
The Department for Education has been aware of the apparent cover-up since 2010 but does not appear to have taken any steps to act against the destruction of these records.
An investigation by The Independent also found that more than 1,000 children are missing from schools in London and are at risk of abuse in illegal faith schools. The schools are ultra-Orthodox Jewish faith schools at which boys are placed from the age of 13, and where they receive no education beyond studying religious texts. A number of pupils leave school with little or no ability to speak English, and few – if any – qualifications or skills which equip them to work, or live independently.'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a6965516.html