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...
At least eight out of 10 children in care receive support for a special education need or disability (SEND), according to a study.The research by the University of Central London’s Great Ormond Street Institute of Child...
Campaigners have claimed that looked-after children’s right to education is being breached after a survey found many schools may not be honouring the admissions code. The Independent Children’s Home...
Looked-after children’s GCSE grades fell last year as the education gap with their secondary school peers worsened, according to government statistics. The Department for Education figures also reveal that the...
A group of charities, including Adoption UK and the NSPCC, has sent a letter to the Schools Minister calling for the Government to amend teaching practice in England to better reflect the needs of care-experienced...
A number of leading children’s charities are calling on the government to overhaul teaching standards to ensure children with experience of care are better supported in school. The group, led by Adoption UK, says...
TACT (The Adolescent and Children’s Trust) has published a report of its annual survey of children and young people and their foster carers’ experience of education. 81 children and young people were interviewed and 89...
Anne Longfield wants the government to consider fining schools that try to improve exam results by “off-rolling” pupils. Growing numbers of vulnerable children are being pushed out of education as schools...
A survey has found that adopted children are 20 times more likely to be excluded than their peers. The adoption charity’s survey of 2,084 adoptive parents found an exclusion rate (across all four UK nations) of 1...
