The Boarding Pathfinder Scheme was a 2 year scheme set up by Government in November 2006 to provide additional choice of educational provision for vulnerable children. It aimed to identify children and young people where a boarding place could prevent the child from being taken into care.
According to an
evaluation of the scheme in early 2009 it was concluded that "boarding school can be the right place for some vulnerable children to flourish".
18 Local Authorities, including Dudley Council, took part in the scheme with 22 children in total being placed in boarding schools.
The scheme has now finished but, following on from the success of the initiative with a small number of children, Dudley Council continues to offer boarding school as an option for some of its looked after children.
A leaflet about the scheme for young people and more information about how boarding school can benefit vulnerable young people can be downloaded from the
teachernet website.
