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Second Report - Educational poverty: how children in residential care have been let down and what to do about it
Education Committee
HC 57
Published 8 July 2022
Recommendations
2
Accepted
The Department must annually publish statistics on looked-after children, disaggregated by placement type, including key...
Recommendation
The Department must annually publish statistics on looked-after children, disaggregated by placement type, including key metrics on gender, ethnicity, age, special educational needs, and rates of out-of-area placements. (Paragraph 6) Overcoming the odds: education outcomes and the lack of post-16 …
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Government Response Summary
The Department will publish the recommended breakdowns in the 2023 releases, in conjunction with the department’s policy on confidentiality. They have committed to publishing additional stability analysis in November 2022.
Department for Education
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Conclusions (1)
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Conclusion
Accepted
Para 126
The current lack of statutory support for young people leaving residential care is deeply unjust. The Department’s own evidence rightly acknowledges the “cliff- edge” transition from residential care to independent living at age 18. Staying Close offers a chance to fix this and the pilot has shown promising results including …
Government Response Summary
The government has announced funding of £36 million over the next 3 years to extend the Staying Close programme and has asked the What Work’s Centre for Children’s Social Care (WWCSC) to evaluate its effectiveness.