October 2014 - October 2015
Completed Projects
Teenagers in foster care: the critical role of carers and other adults
An ESRC-funded seminar series to address issues around fostering teenagers including offending, sexual exploitation and asylum seekers.
Evaluation London Fostering Achievement Programme
October 2014 - October 2015
A mixed methods evaluation of this programme that is designed to improve educational outcomes for fostered children in London.
Supporting mental health of looked after children around primary-secondary transition
January 2014 - January 2017
The three year project (from September 2014) involves the Universities of Sussex and Surrey, the Rees Centre at the University of Oxford, and the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Impact of Unproven Allegations on Foster Carers
October 2013 - October 2016
This research study aimed to explore the impact of unproven allegations on carers in order to improve the way that allegations are dealt with by fostering services, local authorities and the police.
Research Reviews
January 2013 - December 2017
These reports were published by the Rees Centre between 2013 and 2017 on topics related to foster care and education.
Linking care and educational data: the educational progress of looked after children in England
October 2012 - October 2015
First major study in the UK to explore the relationship between educational outcomes, young people’s care histories and individual characteristics by linking the National Pupil Database (NPD) and the Children Looked After Database in England, for all pupils eligible to take their GCSEs (examinations at age 16 years) in 2013.
Children in Care and Need
January 2017
Protecting children in need and supporting carers
The Rees Centre have been leading research on the factors that contribute to poorer academic outcomes in children in care and children in need in England.
Analysis of Costs in Traditional and Early Permanence Adoption Routes
December 2023
A newly completed project report exploring the costs of adoption in early permanence and traditional adoption routes is now available.
Evaluation of the Mockingbird programme
May 2023
We have been asked to evaluate the Mockingbird programme is part of the Department for Education (DfE) funded Supporting Families: Investing in Practice programme, which is expanding and rolling out promising interventions that came through the DfE’s Innovation Programme.
Social Impact Bond – Moving from Residential to Foster Care
September 2018
Evaluation of Birmingham City Council’s Step Down Programme
Some young people in residential care have poor outcomes and are placed too far from their families to maintain any contact.
Ethics review of machine learning in children’s social care
January 2020
The Rees Centre is partnering with The Alun Turing Intitute, the national institute for data science and artificial intelligence, to conduct this review commissioned by the What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care.
Cost calculator for children’s services
October 2019
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