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<p>A happy and stable home life is key to making sure children can achieve their full
potential. Stability and educational attainment will be promoted by the introduction,
via the Children and Social Work Act 2017, of corporate parenting principles for local
councils – including principles to promote high aspirations and seek to secure the
best outcomes and to strive for stability in the home lives, relationship and education
of looked after children.</p><p>There are a number of factors that contribute to instability
for children in care and we are now collecting data on the reason for placement changes.
This will help us better understand why children move.</p><p>We have introduced a
legal definition of long term fostering to ensure greater stability – where possible
– for foster carers and children. The government has also invested £36m to test a
range of evidenced-based interventions which support placement stability and improve
the capacity of parents, foster carers and residential childcare workers to manage
challenging behaviours.</p><p>The government has introduced a specific duty on local
councils to promote the education of looked after children. We have also introduced
Virtual School Heads and designated teachers for looked after children and Pupil Premium
Plus for looked after children, additional funding to help raise their educational
attainment.</p>
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