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Social Care News: Looked-after children - Education support pilotwins funding

Education charity School-Home Support is piloting a 150,000 project to help looked-after children do better in school.

The project is being funded by the Department for Education and Skillsand will run for the next three years, helping around 240 looked-afterchildren in the East Riding of Yorkshire, Southwark and York.

The focus is to improve education support for looked-after children aswell as their carers, particularly during the move from primary tosecondary school.

A spokeswoman for the charity said: "We chose these areas because we arealready active there. Helping with the transition between primary andsecondary schools is particularly important."

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