Recommendation 52

As set out in our Children’s Social Care report, the Department for Education must develop a National Care Offer to harmonise the postcode lottery in entitlements and ensure that care leavers receive a minimum level of support, wherever they live. The Department for Education must also develop a strategy to support all those with care experience as they transition from secondary school level to further education or training. The Department should create a transition programme for students including mentoring and orientation for care leavers entering further education, building on existing best practice. (Recommendation, Paragraph 196)