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Title: Family Routes: The Educational Outcomes for Children in Long-Term Foster Care. Research Report
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.
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