Latest annual data from the Department for Education shows the attainment gap between looked-after children and their non-care peers grew last year.
Outcomes for looked-after children, published in mid-April, reveals that the attainment gap - as measured using Attainment 8 scores - rose from 25.2 in 2017 to 25.6 in 2018. Attainment 8 measures average achievement across eight GCSEs, with extra weighting given to English and maths.
Average Attainment 8 scores for looked-after children fell by 0.5 over the 12-month-period, however the proportion of children in care who achieved a pass in GCSE English and maths increased.
Interestingly, the data shows that children who stay in care for more than four years produce higher average Progress 8 scores than children in care for short periods. Progress 8 measures improvement between two measurement points.
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