We’ve had some amazing books featured on our Care and Education Blog over the past year, and we’re giving fifteen lucky winners the chance to win one of these by entering our book giveaway… Read More
Exploring the physical education and school sport experiences of looked-after children and young people
This qualitative study explores the Physical Education and School Sport (PESS) experiences of young people who are or who have been looked-after , i.e. who have been under the care of their local authority at some point. Read More
Duties on Children’s Services when children are in the care system
If your child is being looked after in the care system, for whatever reason, there are certain things that Children’s services must do to make sure that your child is well cared for and that you (and other important family members) are consulted about key decisions concerning your child. Read More
The Educational Experiences of Children in Care A qualitative study of stories recalled across five decades of local authority care experiences
This project aimed to explore the educational experiences of ‘looked after children’ in one local authority in England. Young people, in the care of the state, have consistently lower educational achievements than their peers who live with their birth families. Read More
The Value of Cultural and Creative Engagement: Understanding the Experiences and Opinions of Care-experienced Young People and Foster Carers in Wales
The research aimed to assess the current knowledge base regarding care-experienced children’s and young people’s engagement with the arts, and to explore the views of facilitators, young people, and their carers involved in the arts-based programme at the Wales Millennium Centre. Read More
The British Academy begins the next phase of its childhood programme
It is an exciting time for the British Academy as we begin planning for the next phase of our work on childhood policy across the four nations of the UK… Read More
Social Media, Social Capital and Adolescents Living in State Care: A Multi-Perspective and Multi-Method Qualitative Study
Social media applications are used daily by billions to communicate. Adolescents living in state care are no different, yet the potential implications of their social media use are. Read More
National Implementation Adviser for Care Leavers’ First Year Report
This report is based on Mark Riddell’s visits to local authorities in his role as the national implementation adviser for care leavers following the passage of the Children and Social Work Act 2017. Read More
Enabling talk and reframing messages: working creatively with care experienced children and young people to recount and re-represent their everyday experiences
The educational experiences and outcomes of care experienced children and young people is of longstanding concern. Read More
From identification to support: Assessing and improving services for young carers
Family carers are sometimes described as an ‘invisible army’ – a large group of citizens who bear a significant proportion of the national social care strategy… Read More
