Schools Failing Children In Care, Charity Says
The education system is failing to help children in care to break out of a “cycle of disadvantage”, according to the children’s charity Barnado’s. A survey of 66 young people who had spent much of their lives in care showed that just seven of them left school with five or more GCSEs at grade A – C. Fewer than half were currently in training, employment or further education. “The cycle of disadvantage that haunts these children as they grow up shows no sign of being broken as they enter adulthood,” said Martin Narey, chief executive of Barnado’s.
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