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Sinclair, Ian; Fletcher, John; O'Higgins, Aoife; Luke, Nikki; Thomas, Sally – Oxford Review of Education, 2022
Children 'in care' have, on average, lower educational attainment than their peers. This article tests the hypothesis that many of these children can 'catch-up', if in stable placements and secondary schools 'apparently effective' with other children with 'similar' difficulties. In a cohort of 542,998 16-year-old English children in mainstream…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Foster Care, At Risk Students, Disadvantaged Youth