Educational and health outcomes of schoolchildren in local authority care in Scotland: A retrospective record linkage study

ConclusionsLooked after children had poorer health and educational outcomes than peers independent of increased neurodevelopmental conditions and SEN. Further work is required to understand whether poorer outcomes relate to reasons for entering care, including maltreatment and adverse childhood events, neurodevelopmental vulnerabilities, or characteristics of the care system.
Source: PLoS Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Source Type: research