BE BOTHERED! Making Education Count for Young Carers
As this report shows the caring role can often have a damaging effect on a young carer’s education and prevent them from achieving their full potential. The young carers we work with told us they wanted us to campaign to raise awareness of young carers in school – with both teachers and other young people. This report aims to
highlight some of the problems young carers face at school as well as offer some solutions that schools, Government and local authorities can take to improve outcomes for vulnerable pupils in their school. With young carers themselves highlighting problems with attendance and punctuality, behaviour and concentration in class, tacking these issues could form a key part of school attempts to improve behaviourand attendance for hard:to:reach groups. Providing more support for young carers in school could also be a key step to improving social mobility for the most vulnerable children and young people.
Published : 30th September 2012
Publisher : Family Action [ More From This Publisher ]
Rights : Family Action
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