
Having ambitions, reaching our goals – An easy-to-read young people’s strategy to support children who are looked after reach their goals in education and raise their ambitions.
Building better social care in Wales
Having ambitions, reaching our goals – An easy-to-read young people’s strategy to support children who are looked after reach their goals in education and raise their ambitions.
The Pupil Development Grant was introduced in 2012 to provide additional funding to schools to help mitigate disadvantages for pupils on free school meals and LAC. In 2015, it was decided to separate the funding provided for children eligible for free school meals (eFSM) and LAC through two separate grants. Allocations for the PDG for LAC were made to the four regional education consortia (RECs), rather than directly to schools, with the aim of facilitating a more strategic approach to using the funding across regions. The allocation amounts to a little under £4 million a year.
The grant is expected to support school improvement to reduce inequities facing LAC:
This week the National Assembly for Wales issued a report on care experienced children and young people. This report is especially important as Wales now has double the amount of children in care as it did twenty years ago.
The report takes into account lived experiences of those who have been in care and those who support them. It also addresses financial concerns and transparency in services and funding in services that are necessary for care experienced young people.
This document details placement journeys for children in care in Wales and how these compare with the outcomes aspired to in their Care Plan.
Statutory guidance
Location: England
Author: Department for Education
Year: 2014
Summary:
Statutory guidance for local authorities to support looked-after children’s aspirations to achieve in further and higher education.
The Pupil Development Grant was introduced in 2012 to provide additional funding to schools to help mitigate disadvantages for pupils on free school meals and LAC. In 2015, it was decided to separate the funding provided for children eligible for free school meals (eFSM) and LAC through two separate grants. Allocations for the PDG for LAC were made to the four regional education consortia (RECs), rather than directly to schools, with the aim of facilitating a more strategic approach to using the funding across regions. The allocation amounts to a little under £4 million a year.
The grant is expected to support school improvement to reduce inequities facing LAC:
This week the National Assembly for Wales issued a report on care experienced children and young people. This report is especially important as Wales now has double the amount of children in care as it did twenty years ago.
The report takes into account lived experiences of those who have been in care and those who support them. It also addresses financial concerns and transparency in services and funding in services that are necessary for care experienced young people.
This document details placement journeys for children in care in Wales and how these compare with the outcomes aspired to in their Care Plan.
This document describes the aims of the Welsh Government in driving up academic achievement of looked after children and young people.
This document describes the Welsh Government’s programme and its six key themes to tackle the educational underachievement of children who are looked after. It should be read in conjunction with its accompanying action plan.