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Improving the Effectiveness of Virtual Schools

On average, looked-after children do less well at school than their peers with marked differences in educational outcomes between local authority areas. Virtual schools are local authority teams that support the learning of children in care. This study by the University of Exeter, University of Oxford and the National Association of Virtual School Heads (NAVSH) set out to explore the effectiveness of virtual schools and how this could be improved.

Additional Family Costs for Children on the Autism Spectrum

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  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Children on the autism spectrum and their families face high financial costs but cost estimates to date have not included everyday items such as clothing, furniture and toys. This study, by Loughborough University and children’s disability charity Family Fund, set out to explore the additional cost of providing everyday goods and services that meet children’s needs.

Parental Involvement and its Effects on Children’s Education

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  • Tuesday, October 24, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Evidence shows parental engagement in children’s learning at home is critical to a child’s education and development. But most research to date has focused on mothers or parents in general, so less is known about how fathers affect their children’s education. This study by the University of Leeds, University of Manchester and the Fatherhood Institute set out to explore the relationship between fathers’ involvement in childcare and children’s educational outcomes as they progressed through primary school.

Outcomes for Looked-after Children Attending Boarding Schools

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  • Wednesday, August 30, 2023
    • | CYP Now
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.

Creative Life Story Work strengthens care relationships

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  • Tuesday, January 31, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Evaluation of a creative, relational approach to life story work has shown it to be higher quality and more collaborative than traditional life story work, and that it helps to develop and strengthen relationships between care-experienced children and young people and their carers.

Children's Online User Ages Quantitative Research Study

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  • Tuesday, January 3, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Children and young people can get around age restrictions on social media apps and websites, increasing the risk of them coming to harm online. To understand the extent to which children are bypassing age checks, UK communications regulator Ofcom commissioned research to get an idea of how many children have online profiles that make them appear older than they actually are.

AssetPlus Outcome Evaluation

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  • Tuesday, October 25, 2022
    • | CYP Now
AssetPlus is the Youth Justice Board’s (YJB) assessment and interventions planning framework and is based on a desistance-centred approach to youth justice, which aims to reduce offending behaviour.

Trends in Weight Loss Attempts Among Children in England

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  • Tuesday, August 30, 2022
    • | CYP Now
More than a third of UK children are overweight or obese. There has also been an increase in the reported prevalence of eating disorders. Researchers from the University of Oxford wanted to find out how children’s desire to lose weight has developed over time and how it varied across different groups.

Commissioning Care – Research evidence: Sufficiency report

This report provides analysis of all up-to-date local authority sufficiency strategies with a focus on identifying the main perceived challenges for councils to meet their sufficiency duty, what actions are being undertaken or planned to improve commissioning outcomes, and perceived negative consequences associated with using certain commissioning or market shaping approaches.

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