Tommy Doherty HSCB

Looked After Children Education Workshop

September 2018

Looked After Children There were 3,109 Looked After children in N. Ireland on 31.3.18.

Rate per 10,000

3,109 Looked After

children in N. Ireland on 31.3.18

Trust

Looked After

Children %

BHSCT 766 25%

NHSCT 671 22%

SEHSCT 498 16%

SHSCT 547 18%

WHSCT 627 20%

Total 3109 100%

The number of Looked After children has been increasing.

There has been an increase of 465 (18%) of children from March 2012.

Trend of Looked After Children

Looked After Children (31.3.18) - Age

Pre-School

Primary

Post Primary

Most Looked after children are of school age (62%) with a further 16% aged 16 and 17 years.

Looked After Children (Time In Care on Discharge)

43% of children discharged from care during 17/18 had been in care for one year or

less while 20% of children had been in care for 5 or more years.

Kinship Care - 717 to 1078 between March 11 and March 18 – an increase of 50%

Residential Care – 239 to 166 between March 11 and March 18 – a decrease of 30%

Looked After Children By Placement Type

Children’s Residential Homes

SHSCT No of Beds

Cedar Grove 5

Woodside 5

Edenvilla 5

Cherrygrove 5

Bocombra 5

WHSCT No of Beds

84 Chapel Road 4

5 Upper Galliagh Road 8

Scroggy Road 8

The Cottage 6

Woodlands 8

Beechlea 8

NHSCT No of Beds

Seaport View 6

Ardrath Residential Unit 6

Barn Court Residential Unit 6

Spring Meadows Residential Unit 6

BHSCT No of Beds

444 Antrim Road 6

North Road 6

Glandore Avenue 6

Fortwilliam Park 6

SEHSCT No of Beds

William Street Assessment Unit 8

Marmion Childrens Home 8

Flaxfield Childrens Home 8

Cuan Court Childrens Home 8

Children Placed In Residential Children’s Homes

Age • Mainly post primary Age group • Almost half are aged 16 or 17 years.

Gender • More likely to be male although this varies across Trusts

Location • Almost half (46%) of children in residential care are based in the BHSCT and SEHSCT Areas.

Trust No. of Children %

BHSCT 38 23%

NHSCT 32 19%

SEHSCT 38 23%

SHSCT 24 14%

WHSCT 34 20%

Total 166 100%

Education, Training, Employment Status of

Looked After Children/ Care Leavers

Educational Attainment of Looked After Children (30/9/17)

At KS2 61% of Looked After children who were evaluated at KS2 scored a level 4 or above in Maths compared to 80% of the general school population. For communication the figures were 70% of the Looked after population compared to 79%.

At KS1 A smaller percentage of Looked After children scored the required level 2 than the general school population.

At KS3 the figure is 31 – 37% of the Looked after population achieving Level 5 or above compared to 76% of the general school population.

https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/publications/children-care-northern-ireland-201617

Looked After

Children

General School

Population

% with Level 2 or

above

% with Level 2 or

above

Communication 78% 88%

Using Maths 78% 89%

Key Stage 1

Looked After

Children

General School

Population

% with Level 4 or

above

% with Level 4 or

above

Communication 70% 79%

Using Maths 61% 80%

Key Stage 2

Looked After

Children

General School

Population

% with Level 5 or

above

% with Level 5 or

above

English 37% 76%

Mathematics 31% 76%

Key Stage 3

Children in Residential Care – Educational Attainment (GCSEs)

Looked After children achieved lower results than the general population and those children placed in residential care received the lowest of any placement type.

OC2 - Children Looked After Continuously for 12 Months or Longer at 30 September

Year

Non-

kinship

foster

care

Kinship

foster

care

Placed

with

parent

Residential

careOther Total

General

School

Population

Eligible GCSE's 75 58 26 35 24 218 -

5 or more GCSE/GNVQs at grades A*- C42% 33% 21% 4% 0% 27%

80%

Eligible GCSE's78 51 17 47 13 206

-

5 or more GCSE/GNVQs at grades A*- C 48% 36% 13% 0% 9% 29% 82%

Eligible GCSE's76 59 33 38 8 214

-5 or more GCSE/GNVQs at grades A*- C 36% 37% 19% 6% 0% 27% 83%

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

• 89% of eligible young people were in Education, Training or employment. 52% of young people were in secondary level education.

Eligible young people are aged 16 and 17 years, looked after and eligible to access care leavers services.

Young People Aged 16-17 and Eligible to access Leaving Care Services

• In April-June 2018, there were 12.2% of all young people (aged from 16 to 24) in NI were NEET. (Includes Economically Inactive/Sick/Disabled)

• Within the UK, Northern Ireland had the highest 16-24 NEET rate at 12.2%. Scotland had a rate of 11.0%, England had a rate of 10.6% and Wales had the lowest rate of 10.1%. The UK average 16-24 NEET rate was 10.7%. Quarterly Supplement to the Labour Market Report April-June 2018

Audit of ETE of Children in Residential Care At 31.3.18

• An audit was undertaken on the current education, training or employment status of young people placed in residential homes at 31 March 2018

Trust

Young

People %

BHSCT 32 20.3%

NHSCT 27 17.1%

SEHSCT 47 29.7%

SHSCT 22 13.9%

WHSCT 30 19.0%

Grand Total 158 100.0%

Data was captured on the current ETE status of 158 children placed in residential children’s homes. 122 of the children were of compulsory school age while 36 children were not of compulsory school age.

• 21% of young people were in Fulltime post-primary education.

• A further 48% of young people were in EOTAS, exceptional or alternative arrangements or on a reduced timetable.

• 20% of young people were school refusers while 2% were suspended or on a waiting list for services.

ETE of Young People in Residential Care – Compulsory School Age

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