New figures released this week show the attainment of looked after young people at school has significantly improved over the last three years. The statistics show the number of looked
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Robert Gordon University (RGU) has been awarded the Buttle UK Quality Mark for a further two years for its continued work to widen access to higher education for care leavers.
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Who Cares? Scotland has announced it will host the first Care 4 Culture Café at this year’s Refugee Festival Scotland. The event will be a celebration of cultural diversity, bringing
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High profile child sexual exploitation campaigner Sarah Champion has visited Sheffield Hallam University to help mark the launch of a new social work course which looks at how social workers’
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The Department of Health has issued new statutory guidance aiming to ensure looked-after children have access to any physical or mental health care they may need. Statutory guidance is issued
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More needs to be done to repair families instead of rescuing children and putting them into care, Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford has said at a looked after
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Seven local authorities have been announced by Education Secretary Angela Constance as the first recipients of funding from the £100 million Attainment Scotland Fund. Glasgow, Dundee, Inverclyde, West Dunbartonshire, North
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A woman killed by her 13-year-old foster child was a kind and caring person who had an affinity with children, her husband has told an inquiry. Dawn McKenzie, 34, was
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A new strategy to raise the ambitions and educational attainment of children who are looked after in Wales has been unveiled by the Welsh Government. Launched by the Minister for
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The number of children in care has risen to its highest level for nearly 25 years following the death of Baby P and a spate of child sex exploitation scandals,
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