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<p>The government is committed to supporting young carers so that they are properly
protected from excessive or inappropriate caring responsibilities and are supported
to achieve their full potential. Consistent identification remains challenging, with
many being ‘hidden’ and therefore unrecognised and/or unsupported.</p><p>Changes through
the Children and Families Act 2014 simplified the legislation relating to young adult
carers’ assessments, making rights and duties clearer to both young people and practitioners.
This included promoting whole family approaches which triggers both and adult support
services into action – assessing why a child is caring, what needs to change and what
would help the family to prevent children or young people from taking on this responsibility
in the first place.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education also provides schools
with £2.4 billion each year in additional funding through the pupil premium to support
disadvantaged pupils. We expect schools to make effective use of their pupil premium
budgets. Schools know their pupils best and will spend the grant accordingly to meet
pupil needs, which includes where needs are based on a parent’s health issues or disability.</p><p>
</p><p>We published the Children in Need Review conclusion in 2019. This sets out
our approach to helping schools and children’s social care improve the educational
outcomes of children in need, including those young carers assessed as being in need
of help and protection.</p>
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