After Care: Young People's Views On Leaving Care

A new report from the Children's Rights Director for England and Ofsted looks at the views of 308 care leavers both who have recently left care and those still in care but preparing to leave.

The main messages from care leavers this year were that nearly half of those surveyed felt they left care too early and were not prepared well enough to leave. In total, 46% of care leavers thought they were made to leave care too early. As well as this, 49% thought they had been prepared badly or very badly. Typically young people leave home at around 24 years old, but some care leavers in the survey were leaving care as young as 16.

The full report is available to download here.