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<p>The department does not hold information on the numbers of all care leavers in
further education. The department does hold and publish information on the activities
of care leavers aged 17 to 21 who had been looked after by local authorities in England.
This includes information on care leavers in education but not specifically further
education. The latest statistics are available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/fast-track/607634ac-0f37-4ffc-8cdc-576d0bb9b16b"
target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/fast-track/607634ac-0f37-4ffc-8cdc-576d0bb9b16b</a>.</p><p>The
department does not hold information centrally on all looked-after children who are
studying at KS5 or who are in further education. The department does hold and publish
information on pupils who were at the end of key stage 4 in 2018/2019 and reports
on their destinations in the following academic year (2019/2020). The figures show,
in academic year 2019/20, 5,450 children looked after were in a sustained education
destination in the year following the end of key stage 4. Of these, 2,910 were in
further education, 860 were in a school sixth form or sixth form college and 1,240
were in some other form of education. Further information is available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/d583af1d-ad7d-4f1f-990b-2b27586d6c69"
target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/d583af1d-ad7d-4f1f-990b-2b27586d6c69</a>.</p><p>The
latest information on attainment for looked after children is published here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/outcomes-for-children-in-need-including-children-looked-after-by-local-authorities-in-england"
target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/outcomes-for-children-in-need-including-children-looked-after-by-local-authorities-in-england</a>.</p>
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