Inconsistent support from local authorities is creating barriers to academic progress for some children in care, despite strong efforts by many schools and colleges to help them, Ofsted has warned. The...
‘Major reforms’ of the funded childcare entitlement system are needed to benefit disadvantaged children, experts have urged, as latest analysis finds that two thirds of poorer families are missing...
Young children and babies living in low-income households are often the most likely to miss out on early childhood support despite being among those most in need of help, a report by two children’s...
Inconsistent support from local authorities is creating barriers to academic progress for some children in care, despite strong efforts by many schools and colleges to help them, Ofsted has warned. The...
‘Major reforms’ of the funded childcare entitlement system are needed to benefit disadvantaged children, experts have urged, as latest analysis finds that two thirds of poorer families are missing out. Read...
Young children and babies living in low-income households are often the most likely to miss out on early childhood support despite being among those most in need of help, a report by two children’s charities is...
The Education Policy Institute has published a blog analysing the GCSE attainment gap for looked after children in England. The blog focuses on children who have been looked after in the previous 6 years, children in...
The Children’s Commissioner for England has published new research examining the number of looked after children missing from education in England. Findings include: of the 50,846 school-age children in care in England...
A report by MPs has identified “a host of indefensible system failings” behind the educational disadvantage affecting children in care, and called for academies that illegally turn them away to be punished by Ofsted...
Ofsted’s school inspections framework is “not fit for purpose” when it comes to vulnerable children, the chair of the National Association of Virtual School Headteachers (NAVSH) has said. Speaking at a meeting of...
Education secretary Gavin Williamson announced yesterday (17 August) that teacher-predicted grades would be accepted over those generated by a statistical algorithm used by exams regulator Ofqual. The U-turn came after...
What Works for Children’s Social Care has published a report looking at care leavers and higher education. Research carried out by the CASCADE centre at Cardiff University shows a gap between the expectations of young...
Young people in care or those who experienced care at 13 or 14 have significantly lower expectations of attending higher education than their peers, new research shows. Read the full article on this link to Children...
