Family Routes: The Educational Outcomes for Children in Long-Term Foster Care. Research Report
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| Title: | Family Routes: The Educational Outcomes for Children in Long-Term Foster Care. Research Report |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Julie Selwyn, Department for Education (DfE) (United Kingdom) |
| Source: | UK Department for Education. 2026. |
| Availability: | UK Department for Education. Castle View House East Lane, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 2GJ, UK. Tel: +44-37-0000-2288; Fax: +44-19-2873-8248; Web site: http://www.education.gov.uk |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 92 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research Numerical/Quantitative Data |
| Education Level: | Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Adoption, Child Custody, Legal Responsibility, Child Rearing, Foster Care, Children, Adolescents, Young Adults, Outcomes of Education, Special Needs Students, Student Characteristics, Educational Attainment, Postsecondary Education |
| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom (England) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-83870-768-2 |
| Abstract: | The analysis presented in this summary is part of a wider Department for Education (DfE) funded study, "Family Routes: Growing up in Adoptive and Special Guardianship Families." The research aims to explore the longer-term outcomes of children in different types of permanence arrangements. The report focuses on children who were in long-term permanent foster care, as legally defined in the regulations, who entered care under 8 and had grown up in care. Using linked data from the Department for Education's social care and education administrative data, the children's outcomes considered were (1) stability of the long-term foster placement and (2) educational outcomes by age 24. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | ED680025 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The analysis presented in this summary is part of a wider Department for Education (DfE) funded study, "Family Routes: Growing up in Adoptive and Special Guardianship Families." The research aims to explore the longer-term outcomes of children in different types of permanence arrangements. The report focuses on children who were in long-term permanent foster care, as legally defined in the regulations, who entered care under 8 and had grown up in care. Using linked data from the Department for Education's social care and education administrative data, the children's outcomes considered were (1) stability of the long-term foster placement and (2) educational outcomes by age 24. |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-83870-768-2 |
