What works in education for children who have had social workers?

What works in education for children who have had social workers? : exploratory subgroup analysis of data from the Education Endowment Foundation’s randomised controlled trials. London : What Works for Children’s Social Care, 2020.

"A re-analysis of data from 63 randomised controlled trials, funded by the EEF, to look at the impacts of educational interventions on the attainment of young people who have had a social worker. We know that children and young people who have had a social worker have, on average, lower attainment than their peers. However, we do not have a good sense of what works to improve educational outcomes for this group.This project re-analyses data from the National Pupil Database and 63 randomised controlled trials (RCTs), funded by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), to look at the impacts of educational interventions on the attainment of young people who have had a social worker.The report identifies ten projects that we believe show ‘Signs of Potential’ – interventions that appear to have larger positive impacts for young people who have had a social worker than for their peers. Interventions that target parents and carers appear from our analysis to be particularly encouraging."

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