So, is this a definitive survey? Not really. It interviewed 66 young care-leavers aged 16 to 24 who are in touch with one of Barnardo's 22 leaving care projects. But it does highlight some of the felt realities of education for young people in care.
How do you mean? It points out things such as young care-leavers being less likely to have someone to help with homework and teachers having low expectations. Nearly four in 10 said no-one had ever attended their school parents' evenings and almost half had never had anyone attend their sports day. Nearly half said they had never been praised or rewarded when they did well at school. Only six per cent had been praised by a teacher while more than half had been bullied. A comparative study of 500 parents and carers of non-looked-after young people leaving school this summer showed that 96 per cent attend parents' evenings, 78 per cent sports days, 97 per cent praised or rewarded for doing well and only 28 per cent said their child had been bullied.
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