NCB Now: Comment - An engaging vision for educating children in care
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- Tuesday, May 24, 2005 | CYP Now
The education of looked-after children has been rising up the political agenda in recent months, and the new duty on local authorities to promote educational attainment will drive this forward. But so far, little progress has been made in actually improving outcomes. The grim fact still is that fewer than 10 per cent of looked-after children leave school with five or more A to C grades at GCSE.