For example, studies found 46 per cent of care leavers have some form of mental health issue compared to around 10 per cent in the general population, a quarter of the prison population and homeless people have been in care at some point, and only 12 per cent of people with care experience go to higher education compared to 43 per cent of their non-care peers.
When it comes to education outcomes, looked-after children lag behind peers without care experience. The average attainment eight scores for looked-after children in 2020/21 was 23.2 compared to 50.9 for all children in England. Although average attainment has increased in recent years the gap with the general population has stayed roughly the same.
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