The Scottish executive will unveil plans tomorrow to improve the education of children in care.
Recently-appointed education minister Hugh Henry will launch the findings of a ministerial working group set up to examine issues affecting looked-after children’s education.
Last year, half of all looked-after children left education with at least one qualification, up from 46 per cent in 2005, but ministers vowed much more needed to be done.
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