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Educational Outcomes For Children In Care

Educational Outcomes For Children In Care. Presentation to Children & Learning Scrutiny Panel Dave Johnson Jenni Cooke. Background. Green Paper - Children at Risk Government commitment to improving quality of services for children at risk

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Educational Outcomes For Children In Care

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  1. Educational Outcomes For Children In Care Presentation to Children & Learning Scrutiny Panel Dave Johnson Jenni Cooke

  2. Background • Green Paper - Children at Risk • Government commitment to improving quality of services for children at risk • Aims to do more for children to support them in their efforts “innoculation”

  3. Background • Children Act 1989 Section 22 `Safeguard and promote the welfare of all children and young people who are looked after’ • Corporate Parenting Role

  4. Background Nationally: (30.9.03) 35,100 children looked after - school age • 27% SEN Statements • 12% Missed at least 25 days school • 1% received permanent exclusion

  5. 53% (85%) achieved level 2 KSI • 42% (78%) achieved level 4 KS2 • 23% (69%) achieved level 5 KS3 • 53% (95%) obtained 1 GCSE • 9% (53%) obtained 5 GCSE A-C

  6. End of Year 11 57% (72%) remained in full time education • 10% CLA aged over 10 years were cautioned or convicted for offence (2002/03) - 3 times the rate for all children

  7. Children who have been `looked after’ are over represented in :- homeless population prison population unemployment

  8. Key to improve life chances • stable placement/well-being • stable education/achievement of potential

  9. Objective and New Target • Builds on PSA target following review • New target - “to substantially narrow the gap between education attainment and participation of children in care and that of their peers”

  10. Objective and New Target(continued) • Provide a more rounded measure of progress against the overall aim • IT WILL APPLY ONLY TO THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN CARE FOR ONE YEAR OR MORE (to allow local authorities time to influence attainment)

  11. TargetWill have been achieved if, by 2006 • Outcomes for 11 year olds in English & Maths are at least 60% as good as their peers • The proportion who became disengaged from education is reduced (no more than 10% reach school leaving age without have as a GCSE equivalent exam)

  12. TARGETwill have been achieved if, by 2006(continued) • The proportion of those aged 16 who get qualifications equivalent to 5 GCSE A* - C has risen on average by 4% each year since 2002 • And (in all authorities) at least 15% of young people in care achieve this level

  13. Proposal (SEU) • Individual targets should be set for all children in care • LEA’s should monitor the appropriateness and the achievement of these targets • Government will consult on how to achieve this

  14. Definition • ‘Children in Care’ means those looked after children who were in care on 30 September and had been continuously looked after for at least a year • Children are included in count for the authority which is looking after them

  15. Priority Action • Focus in particular on supporting 15 and 16 year olds • a ‘booklet’ (NFER) will be produced shortly to ensure all children in care are entered for GCSE or equivalent examinations and are supported to achieve at KS4

  16. Education Protects Programme • Network of the regional advisers • Disseminating good practice in attendance, admissions and out of authority placements • Ensure key partners in education, health and social services act in a co-ordinated and coherent way • Improve educational planning for all children

  17. Resources • Standards fund Vulnerable Children Grant - £40,000 allocated (compared with £27,000 previously) • Grant is to be used to develop a strategic approach with local education authorities • Choice Protects grant to strengthen fostering services

  18. Role of Local Authorities • Key partners in ensuring challenging targets are met • To put in place strategies to improve education performance of children in public care • Government is keen to see strategies that include Social Services, LEA’s and schools playing a full part in supporting the education of young people in care

  19. Middlesbrough Strategy • Background of increasing numbers of children becoming looked after (from 180 - 226 in four years) mainly due to drug related activity of parents • Corporate Parenting Board for four years Monitor Challenges Advocates

  20. Middlesbrough Strategy(Continued) • Designated responsibility (for Education of Children Looked After) through Assistant Head of Inclusion Dave Sands • Working with SSD lead to formation of discrete Children Looked After Team • Manager/Co-ordinator (SSD) • 1 FTE ESW (Standards Fund, now Vulnerable Children)

  21. Middlesbrough Strategy(Continued) • .6 FTE Teacher (.3 FTE Vulnerable Children 0.2 FTE Quality Protects) • Signed up to PSA (20% achieve 5 - A+ - C) by 2004

  22. Priority Actions (2000) • Establishment of data base • All schools to have designated teacher • Development of Personal Education Plan (Social Work key worker role)

  23. Strategy (current) • Keep children with own family • To improve school capacity to support child in care • To improve foster carers’ ability to support children

  24. School Strategy • Designated teacher training (rolling cycle) but few take up • Articulating and advocating for revenue strand allocation • Direct support, especially in relation to attendance, placement and core linkage between SSD key worker and CLA team manager

  25. School Strategy (Continued) • Direct Teaching support for targeted pupils after hours • Access to revision/study support

  26. Strategy • PEP system developed with young people. • Young people attend and contribute to Corporate Parenting Board meetings • Monitoring of PSA activity via CLA Steering Group (Jenni Cooke SSD; Dave Johnson LEA; Caroline Kendrick SSD/LEA; Dave Sands LEA)

  27. Strategy(Continued) • Strong representation from Education Inclusion Service on Children’s Fostering Placement Panel • Sharing of data with Standards Service • BV Performance Clinic Monitoring • Change in admission criteria • Governing Body Training/Governor Pack

  28. Strategy - Foster Carers • Programme of induction and support that includes input from SSD and Education (Dave Johnson, Dave Sands, Caroline Kendrick and others) • PC computer and internet in every home of every foster carer, with training and software • Regular contact with designated SSD worker

  29. Ways Forward • Revenue budget support for end of programme and uplift (e.g. tutors, out of school support) • Key contact in Standards Service Data Set Out of country placement Key contact in ICT service Policy commitment - plus funding for specialist placement (to prevent out of county)

  30. Ways Forward- Some Questions • No exclusions for CLA? • Learning Mentor linkage?

  31. ConclusionThe Challenge Cohort of 26This equates to 11.5% achieving 5 A+ - C/GNVQ(Last Year 0)

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