Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 6243

Kinship Care: Education

Tabled: 4 October 2024

Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Ian Lavery

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made a recent comparative assessment of the educational needs of (a) children in kinship care and (b) other children.

Answer

Janet Daby

Children in Special Guardianship and Child Arrangement Orders have higher attainment than children in local authority care but perform worse compared to all children.In 2022/23 the average Attainment 8 score for children who left care on a Special Guardia...

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