The majority of UK students who have been in care do not receive any specific support when deciding where to study, a new Ucas report shows.
It comes as recent figures show that the attainment gap between care leavers and other students is growing, with experts saying the pandemic has had a “disproportionate” effect.
The new report, which uses Ucas data and survey responses, says 60 per cent of students with experience of being in care received no specific guidance while at school or college about how someone in their situation should apply to university.
Fiona Ellison, director of the Unite Foundation, which helped publish the report, said a lack of “bespoke support” was just one of many barriers care-experienced students face, but it could “transform” their situation.
