Up to 10 hubs connecting local authorities, social workers and virtual school heads, with independent and boarding schools, will be established in late 2019.
These will support children in care by offering them residential school placements, or other non-residential opportunities available at partner schools, such as mentoring, tutoring or activities in the school holidays.
Looked-after children can already be placed in boarding schools, but numbers are relatively low. A 10-year scheme between the Boarding Schools Partnership - a DfE funded group of schools and education experts and charities - and Norfolk County Council reported reduced levels of risk for 37 out of 52 vulnerable children placed in boarding schools between 2008 and 2018 in Norfolk.
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