Table 2, SPIDER table for review on interventions to support care placement stability in looked-after children and young people - Interventions to support learning needs for school-aged looked-after children and young people

Sample	School-aged looked after children and young people (wherever they are looked after) from birth until age 18. Including: Children and young people who are looked after on a planned, temporary basis for short breaks or respite care purposes, only if the Children Act 1989 (section 20) applies and the child or young person is temporarily classed as looked after. Children and young people living at home with birth parents but under a full or interim local authority care order and are subject to looked-after children and young people processes and statutory duties. Children and young people in a prospective adoptive placement. Children and young people preparing to leave care. Looked-after children and young people on remand, detained in secure youth custody and those serving community orders.
Phenomenon of Interest	Interventions and approaches to support learning needs by either a learning provider or carer of looked-after children and young people
Design	Including focus groups and interview-based studies (mixed-methods studies will also be included provided they contain relevant qualitative data).
Evaluation	Qualitative evidence related to interventions to support learning needs will be examined. Evidence should relate to the views of looked after children, their carers, and providers, who would deliver eligible interventions, on: The accessibility and acceptability of the intervention, including information about the source and type of intervention used. Barriers to and facilitators for intervention effectiveness in supporting school learning.
Research type	Qualitative and mixed methods
Search date	1990
Exclusion criteria	Mixed-methods studies reporting qualitative data that cannot be distinguished from quantitative data. Countries outside of the UK (unless evidence concerns an intervention which has been shown to be effective in reviewed quantitative evidence) Studies older than the year 2010 (unless not enough evidence, then progress to include studies between 1990 to current)

Sample

School-aged looked after children and young people (wherever they are looked after) from birth until age 18.

Including:

Children and young people who are looked after on a planned, temporary basis for short breaks or respite care purposes, only if the Children Act 1989 (section 20) applies and the child or young person is temporarily classed as looked after.
Children and young people living at home with birth parents but under a full or interim local authority care order and are subject to looked-after children and young people processes and statutory duties.
Children and young people in a prospective adoptive placement.
Children and young people preparing to leave care.
Looked-after children and young people on remand, detained in secure youth custody and those serving community orders.

Phenomenon of Interest

Interventions and approaches to support learning needs by either a learning provider or carer of looked-after children and young people

Design

Including focus groups and interview-based studies (mixed-methods studies will also be included provided they contain relevant qualitative data).

Evaluation

Qualitative evidence related to interventions to support learning needs will be examined. Evidence should relate to the views of looked after children, their carers, and providers, who would deliver eligible interventions, on:

The accessibility and acceptability of the intervention, including information about the source and type of intervention used.
Barriers to and facilitators for intervention effectiveness in supporting school learning.

Research type

Qualitative and mixed methods

Search date

1990

Exclusion criteria

Mixed-methods studies reporting qualitative data that cannot be distinguished from quantitative data.
Countries outside of the UK (unless evidence concerns an intervention which has been shown to be effective in reviewed quantitative evidence)
Studies older than the year 2010 (unless not enough evidence, then progress to include studies between 1990 to current)

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Interventions to support learning needs for school-aged looked-after children and young people: Looked-After Children and Young People: Evidence review I.

NICE Guideline, No. 205.

London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); 2021 Oct.

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Table 2SPIDER table for review on interventions to support care placement stability in looked-after children and young people