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...
Government to fund allowances for kinship carers under £126mn pilot
The introduction of financial allowances for kinship carers under a £126 million government trial has been hailed as a “life-changing” measure for cash-strapped families, campaigners have said. The per-child allowances...
Kinship carers in England to be given financial support in government pilot
Grandparents who step in to provide full-time care for their grandchildren to prevent them being taken into care will be given guaranteed financial support under a government pilot scheme. Read the full article on this...
Adoption and special guardianship
The Department for Education (DfE) has published a report on the needs, experiences and outcomes of young people aged 12-to-25-years-old growing up in adoptive and special guardianship families in England. The report is...
DfE announces £10mn to create ‘powerful’ network of regional care co-operatives
The government has confirmed more than £10 million of funding to support the establishment of up to six new regional care cooperatives (RCCs), as part of national care placement improvement drive. A Department for...
Care proceedings
The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory has published an evaluation of a pilot intervention designed to enhance the participation of young people in care proceedings in England and Wales. The Young People’s...
