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    BFfC Accessibility Strategy 2020-2022

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    BFfC Children in Care Sufficiency Strategy May 2020

    BFfC Quality Strategy October 2021

    Care Leavers’ Strategy (Local Offer) (PDF)

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    Reading Childcare Sufficiency Strategy 2021-2022

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    Adoption Statement of Purpose 2021-22

    BFfC Elective Home Education Policy & Procedure April 2022 (PDF)

    BfFC Parents’ Guide to Elective Home Education V2.0

    BFfC Children Missing Education Policy March 2020

    BFfC Independent Fostering Agency Privacy Notice (PDF) This is a guide for foster carers which states how we collect and use personal information.

    BFfC Medical Tuition Policy June 2021 (Supporting children with medical needs)

    BFfC Modern Slavery Statement including Human Trafficking 2021-22

    BFfC Privacy Policy 2022

    BFfC Post-16 Education Transport Policy 2022-23

    BFfC Transport Policy 2022-24

    Subject Access Request Policy Nov 2022.pdf

    Other Reports

    BFfC Gender Pay Gap Report 2022

    BFfC Ethnicity Pay Gap Report 2022

    BFFC Workforce Equality and Diversity Profile Information 2021-22

    Ofsted and CQC join Local Area SEND Inspection for Reading July 2021 (PDF) 
    (Report as web page, which can be read using BrowseAloud) and report on Ofsted’s website here.

    Reading’s Youth Justice Plan 2022-23

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    Leadership article by Di Smith, Board Chair, in Children & Young People Now July 2021

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