Looked after children's education (LACE)
- LACE useful documents/information
- Personal education plans
- Looked after children's education (LACE) team
Supporting Looked After Learners: A Practical Guide For School Governors
The DfES has published the above guidance outlining governors' responsibilities as well as what schools are expected to provide to support educational achievement.
Other resources/contacts
If advice or support is required for a looked after child who is the responsibility of another authority, it would be useful to look at the Education Protects website - this lists useful information regarding looked after children and local authority contacts for the whole of England.
The Social Exclusion Unit provides a report and practice guide A Better Education for Children in Care available from their website.
Personal Education Plans
Every looked after young person is required to have a Personal Education Plan (PEP). The Croydon formats created and maintained by the LACE Team can be found under Personal Education Plans.
Downloads
Supporting unaccompanied minors with their education
(109K)
- Guidance for foster carers on helping newly arrived asylum seekers develop English language skills.
- The rough guide to education
(297K)
- Designed to provide a quick and easy reference to the education system for social services staff and foster carers.
- Working with looked after children in schools
(70K)
- Some guidance for teachers, teaching assistants and others working in a learning environment with looked after and other vulnerable children.
- Briefing for School Section 52 Children Act
(37K)
- Provides guidance on the school's responsibility to looked after children. It can be read in conjunction with the DfES guidance material available on educational issues for looked after children, as well as the Statutory Guidance On Section 52 of The Children Act 2004 - The Duty of Local Education Authorities to Promote the Education of Looked After Children.
- LAC education report January 2007
(96K)
- The latest information regarding the educational achievement of Croydon's looked after children.
Designated Teachers List Croydon Schools January 2007
(66K)
- All schools are required to have a designated teacher for looked after children, this list is maintained by the LACE Team.
Model children's home policy
(42K)
- As for schools, this provides a template that children’s homes may wish to adapt to their own situation.
- The rough guide to education
(101K)
- Designed to provide a quick and easy reference to the education system for social services staff and foster carers.
- Working with looked after children in schools
(36K)
- Some guidance for teachers, teaching assistants and others working in a learning environment with looked after and other vulnerable children.
- Model school policy
(51K)
- All schools need to have a policy on the education of looked after children. Provides a template that schools may wish to adapt to their own situation.
