Raising Educational Attainment for Children and Young People in Care

The aims of the Reach Team are to:

• Co-ordinate services and develop ways to improve education and outcomes for children and young people in care within the Wakefield District
• Liaise with a range of professionals involved with the child or young person in care, including, schools, foster carers, social workers and the children or young people themselves to ensure appropriate education is established
• Encourage young people to strive for nationally recognised qualifications
• Collect and analyse achievement and attendance data to monitor children and young people's progress and report to reviews and planning meetings
• Celebrate and reward eductaional successes
• Provide educational resources including nursery, starting school and transition to high school equipment bags and revision material for KS2 and KS3 SATs and GCSE's
• Offer direct educational support in or out of class working in partnership with schools
• Provide  educational resources for carers

The aim of the team is to work proactively to ensure children in care have the same entitlement afforded to them as other children.  The Authority is required to meet targets set by DCSF to raise the educational attainment of children in care.