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Outcomes for Looked-after Children Attending Boarding Schools

2 mins read Education Social Care
Researchers from the University of Nottingham were commissioned by the Royal National Children's Springboard Foundation (RNCSF) to evaluate its boarding school programme for children in care or on the edge of care and help understand the potential educational and economic benefits.
The findings suggest sending looked-after and vulnerable children to boarding school improves educational attainment. Illustration: Sensvector/Adobe Stock
The findings suggest sending looked-after and vulnerable children to boarding school improves educational attainment. Illustration: Sensvector/Adobe Stock

Report authors: David Murphy; Mary Oliver; Michael Adkins; Gianni De Fraja; Shun Chen

Published by: University of Nottingham, July 2023

An excellent education is crucial in ensuring children with care experience reach their full potential. State boarding schools and independent schools offer some of the highest quality education in the UK but places are expensive and can be difficult to arrange for looked-after children.

Researchers from the University of Nottingham were commissioned by the Royal National Children's Springboard Foundation (RNCSF) to evaluate its boarding school programme for children in care or on the edge of care and help understand the potential educational and economic benefits.

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