Charities are warning that more than 1,000 looked-after children are moved on from their placement every week. Between 2018 and 2021 there were 220,210 changes to care placements, the equivalent of 1,059...
The University of Oxford’s Rees Centre, at the Department of Education is partnering with Become, the national charity for children in care and young care leavers to define a new measurement of success for...
The Care Review does not go far enough to support care leavers’ pathway into society or support their mental health, a charity has said.
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The latest DfE statistics on looked-after children (LAC) in England, out last week, highlight the continuing rise in the number of LAC – up another 3% this year – accompanied for the first time in five years by a rise...
Around two-thirds of care leavers with mental health problems are not receiving specialist support, a study by Barnardo’s has found. A study by the charity of 274 of its care leaver services cases found that 125...
The number of children in care has risen at its fastest rate in five years while the number of children being adopted continues to fall, official figures have revealed. Department for Education statistics released today...
