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Everything you need to know about becoming a foster parent

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 10 November 2022 - Categories: children in care, Foster Carer, Fostering

Around three quarters of looked after children live in foster care. Foster parents provide a stable family environment when a child cannot live with their birth parents.

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Education in the Media: Monday 23 July 2018

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 23 July 2018 - Categories: Damian Hinds, Foster Carer, Fostering, Teacher workload, teachers

Today’s Education in the media blog looks at the Secretary of State’s interview with the Guardian this weekend on teacher workload, and what the government is doing to help fostering parents and foster children.

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Education in the media: Wednesday, 20 December

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 20 December 2017 - Categories: Childcare, Fostering

  In today’s blog we look at the extension of the 30 hours free childcare scheme so that it includes foster carers.

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Education in the media: 20 September 2016

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 20 September 2016 - Categories: Academies, Fostering, School spending
A stock image of newspapers representing what has been in the news today

Today’s news review looks at coverage of calls for a foster carers’ union and a report on funding within Multi Academy Trusts.

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Education in the media: 5 August 2016

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 5 August 2016 - Categories: Fostering, School sport
the hands of children on playground apparatus

...pupils each week and 84% of schools reported an increase in pupil engagement in PE during curricular time. PE and sport can help ensure that all young people realise their...

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