02 June 2020

"This advice is intended for foster and kinship carers, adoptive parents, and professionals who work with care-experienced children in schools, residential care homes and other settings across the United Kingdom. Terminology is slightly different in the different nations of the UK, and where possible we have tried to reflect this. We have used the term ‘care-experienced’ for all looked after and adopted children and those in kinship or residential care. This guidance has a focus on thinking about care-experienced children and young people particularly in relation to education during the Covid-19 pandemic."


"The Covid-19 pandemic has made us all think about how we work together to support the most vulnerable children in our society. Care-experienced children and young people are some of the most vulnerable and are therefore very much at the forefront of our minds. This period of social isolation, partial school closure, and reduction in social care and therapeutic services has highlighted the vital role schools play in maintaining the health and wellbeing of children as well as providing them with an education. Some schools are closed to students, and only a handful of children are attending, and there is an additional burden on foster and kinship carers, adoptive parents and professionals who support care-experienced children in a range of settings. This paper outlines some of the key challenges care-experienced children, young people and those close to them may want to think about at this time, and then provides advice and resources that may help."


Link to Guidance