Michele McClung|Vernon Gayle
Exploring the care effects of multiple factors on the educational achievement of children looked after at home and away from home: an investigation of two Scottish local authorities
Glasgow City Council|University of Essex|University of Stirling
abstract paper reports findings research project explored care factors influence educational achievement lookedafter children project innovative focused children looked home away home mixedmethods strategy adopted analyse data two large scottish local authorities project developed date largest dataset includes variables onefifth children discharged care scotland 5year period qualitative element project collected indepth data care education experiences lookedafter children care leavers overall finding lookedafter children perform less well academically counterparts general school population empirical data indicated factors placement type reason becoming looked age becoming looked significant determining educational achievement empirical results indicated lookedafter children suffered discrimination social exclusion many areas lives including school lived