Supporting Alternative
Care Pathways
Supporting Local Authorities to commission a boarding or independent day school place to support better care arrangements
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"We recognise that RNCSF's commissioned school place brokerage service is one of many options that can promote stability for children in and on the edge of care and provide excellent outcomes whilst being good value for money. Using this service we have been able to keep a child in kinship care whilst protecting the family dynamics and, all being well, leading to excellent educational outcomes." - Social Worker, Westminster City Council
Expanding Education Options Through Local Authority Partnerships
Working in partnership with Local Authorities to support commissioning pathways to include independent school places for vulnerable children.
We are the delivery partner for the Department for Education’s Broadening Educational Pathways scheme. The BEP scheme was established in 2020 to ensure that boarding or independent day school places can be considered by local authorities as part of the package of care and education options available for children with experience of the care system – whether children who are subject to full care orders, in kinship/ guardianship arrangements, are registered Young Carers or have Child in Need or Child Protection Plans.
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For more information read our e-booklet, where you’ll find more information about the programme including our referral process map and how school placements can be funded.
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Since 2020, the Broadening Educational Pathways scheme has supported more than 230 young people from over 70 local authorities to secure a new boarding or independent school place.
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