Schools could be paid more than £1,000 in extra funding for each child in care that they teach, according to a report being considered by the government.
The plan is one of the key recommendations published last week in a report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Looked After Children and Care Leavers, which said that too many children in care are being failed by the education system.
Figures from the Department of Education show that in 2011 only 12.8 per cent of children in care for at least a year achieved five A* to C GCSEs including English and maths, compared to 57.9 per cent for other school children.
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