All children in Buckinghamshire with a social worker are set to benefit from new funding to support them in their education. The role of Virtual School Head in promoting the educational achievement of all children in care is to be strengthened. A new assistant will be recruited to support the Virtual School Head. Recent figures show that nearly 1,700 children in the county had a social worker. Statistics reveal that a large proportion of these children fall behind their peers at all stages of their education and achieve poor outcomes.
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