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Education of looked after children: what are the council choices to deliver on new legislative duties?

Natalie Heritage

  • 20th October 2025
  • England & Wales Scotland
  • 16 mins read

This briefing explores the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which requires councils to support kinship carers and run children’s homes. It proposes considering boarding schools as a potential care placement option for looked-after children amid financial pressures and placement shortages.

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