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The Educational Progress of Looked After Children in England: Linking Care and Educational Data
Research in Fostering and Education, University of Oxford, University of Bristol funded by the Nuffield Foundation
The Educational Progress of Looked After Children in England: - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Educational Progress of Looked After Children in England: - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Educational Progress of Looked After Children in England: Linking Care and Educational Data Research in Fostering and Education, University of Oxford, University of Bristol funded by the Nuffield Foundation In March 2015, there were
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Seventy-five per cent
- f these children and
young people were living in foster placements
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Children who are, or have been, in care are
- ne of the lowest
performing groups in terms of educational
- utcomes internationally
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Key Stage 1 aged 7 Percentage of Children getting the expected levels in Reading, Writing and Mathematics
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Children in care Reading 71% Writing 61% Maths 72 % All Children Reading 90% Writing 86% Maths 92%
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Key Stage 2 aged 11 Percentage of Children getting the expected levels in English Maths
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Children in care
48%
All Children
79%
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The gap continues to increase as children get older
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6% of care experienced people attend university compared with just
- ver 50%
- f young
people
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Young people transitioning from care also have poorer job prospects and health
- utcomes than the
general population
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Care experienced young people are also
- ver-represented in the
homeless and prison populations
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So what are some of the key findings from this report….
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Young people identified the following factors…
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The type of school you attend
- Mainstream
- Special school
- Pupil referral unit
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Absences exclusions changes of school
Unauthorised absences were a major predictor of poorer scores
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Teachers and school staff including, carers, teachers, and school pastoral support services
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Support from members
- f birth family
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Having someone whom they felt genuinely cared about them was very important to the young people in this study
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Young people needed to feel that they would not be let down – which had been their past experience – and that their life mattered. It needed to matter to others before it could matter to them.
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Most identified relationships with people to whom they felt gratitude and did not want to let down.
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Lancashire Young People have identified negative stereotypes from peers at school as being a barrier to doing well
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To tackle negative stereotypes of children in care we have produced a short animated film called ‘Sam’s Story’
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This film is aimed at Year 7 pupils transitioning into high school – a time when bullying can happen
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We would like all schools in Lancashire to show this to their pupils in Year 7 Please watch…
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On your tables please write a supporting paragraph for a letter we intend to send to all head teachers of high schools in Lancashire, asking them to show our film to their Year 7 pupils. We will read them and include the best supporting paragraph in our letter.
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