KEY POINTS: This report presents findings from the first wave of the Family Routes study, commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE) and delivered by Ecorys UK, the Rees Centre (University of Oxford), and Ipsos. The study was designed to explore the needs, experiences, and outcomes of young people (aged 12–25) growing up in adoptive and special guardianship families in England, to improve understanding of long-term outcomes and inform policy and practice. The data use

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