d in the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010. The IRO chairs the review meeting and is also responsible for monitoring the performance of the local authority's functions in respect of each review. 45 The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 includes provisions that strengthen the role of the IRO. This group of social work professionals will have a crucial role in ensuring that looked-after children are able to meaningfully participate in planning for their own care, and that the care plan that the local authority prepares for them is based on a thorough assessment of all aspects of the individual child’s needs. Information Communications Technology (ICT) ICT can play a valuable role in supporting children’s learning. Designated teachers may wish to work with the child’s carers and social worker to help ensure that looked-after children have appropriate access to ICT, including through any schemes which the local authority can access to prioritise ICT provision for looked-after children and care leavers. Out-of-authority placements Up to 37% of looked-after children do not live in the authority which looks after them.21 Schools may, therefore, have contact with authorities other than the one in which the school is located. It may also be the case that a school will have more than one looked- after child on roll, and that those young people will be looked after by different local authorities. Schools may, therefore, find themselves dealing with a number of local authorities. The VSH (or equivalent), or dedicated looked-after children education team in the local authority where the school is located, should be a useful source of help and advice in facilitating contact with staff in other local authorities. Pathway plan All young people who ar