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The Scottish Government report on Educational Attainment for Looked After children reveals that, once again, despite some improvements, there's still a long way to go before their outcomes are indistinguishable from their peers. Read more
The Hub for Success has launched two Bursary factsheets for care-experienced students; one for Higher Education and one for Further Education. Read more
In the second blog of our ‘Spotlight on best practice’ series, we look at the joint inspection of services for children and young people in the City of Edinburgh Council completed in June 2019. Here’s what’s working well in Edinburgh in delivering services for young people leaving care and the practices that are driving improvements in performance. Read more
Find out more about the recent announcement of a new admissions policy which seeks to increase the number of care-experienced people going to university. Read more
The Scottish Government has published a Practice Note, developed in partnership with CELCIS and COSLA, to clarify issues around the Care Experienced Bursary. Read more
The education outcomes for looked after children 17/18 were published by The Scottish Government in June 2019. Read more
CELCIS have recently released a report following a Scotland-wide survey of care-experienced students in further and higher education. Read more
Liam Furby, Staf Policy and Communications Manager, gives an update on the latest news regarding the Care Experienced Bursary. Read more
Lewis, our Policy and Events Officer, highlights 7 key points to know from the 'Fairer Scotland Action Plan Progress Report', published by the Scottish Government on 20th December 2018. Read more
The Scottish Government has announced its draft budget for 2019-20. Here are just five things you need to know about the impact on care leavers and those who support them. Read more
The Care Experienced bursary was introduced to support care experienced young people in further and higher education. Find out more about the bursary, and how this relates to practice, here. Read more
Published in 2007, this report highlighted the need to improve the learning and development for everyone who works with Scotland's looked-after children and care leavers. Find out more and download this report. Read more
The Scottish Care Leavers Covenant is a bold and committed promise to young people who have experience of the care system: that they matter. Read more
Propel is a comprehensive online resource designed to help young people with a care-experienced background to get into further and higher education. Read more
In 2006, Staf published this document which provides a number of quality indicators for best practice to support young people who are or have been looked after. Read more