Research and analysis
Family Routes: educational outcomes for children in long-term foster care
Report exploring the educational outcomes of children who remained in long-term foster care after entering care before the age of 8.
Applies to England
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Family Routes is a longitudinal study that explores the longer-term outcomes of children in different types of permanence arrangements.
This report focuses on children who local authorities decided should have a stable, permanent placement in long-term foster care.
It considers:
- educational outcomes up to the age of 24
- the stability of the long-term placement
Updates to this page
Published 24 March 2026