Business strategies
BFfC Year Five Business Plan 2023-24
BFfC Accessibility Strategy 2023-2025
BFfC Children in Care Sufficiency Strategy 2020-2024
Reading Childcare Sufficiency Strategy 2022-2023
BFfC Quality Assurance Strategy August 2022
Care Leavers’ Strategy (Local Offer) (PDF)
Children Placed in the Reading Area (PDF)
SEND Strategy 2022-27 (Local Offer) (PDF)
Policies
Adoption Statement of Purpose 2023-24
BFfC Elective Home Education Policy & Procedure April 2022 (PDF)
BfFC Parents’ Guide to Elective Home Education V2.0
BFfC Children Missing Education Policy March 2022
BFfC Independent Fostering Agency Privacy Notice (PDF) This is a guide for foster carers which states how we collect and use personal information.
BFfC Supporting Children with Medical Needs Policy April 2023
BFfC Modern Slavery Statement including Human Trafficking 2023-25
BFfC Private Fostering Policy & Practice Guidance 2023-2024
BFfC Private Fostering Statement of Purpose 2023-24
BFfC Post-16 Education Transport Statement 2023-24
Subject Access Request Policy Nov 2022.pdf
Other Reports
BFfC Gender Pay Gap Report 2023
BFfC Ethnicity Pay Gap Report 2023
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 ReachDeck)
Reading’s Youth Justice Plan 2022-23
Publications
Leadership article by Di Smith, Board Chair, in Children & Young People Now July 2021