Foundationer places are given to children who demonstrate significant need for pastoral care and who would benefit from the nurturing and supportive environment which Cranleigh offers. For example, those children who have lost one or both of their parents, a child who lives with a disabled sibling, or a child who lives in care. Foundationer places are means-tested and to find out more details, please follow this link.
| Number of parents who died in the UK leaving dependent children | 23,600 |
| …meaning | one parent of a dependent child dies every 22 minutes* |
| How many children are currently being raised by ‘kinship carers’?** | Around 200,000 children in the UK# |
| How many children are there in the UK who have disabled or chronically ill siblings? | Over half a million children |
| How many young carers (age 5-17) are there in Surrey | Approx 14,750## |
| How many children (aged 2.5-18 years) are in care in Surrey? | 1,033 |
* See Childhood Bereavement Network
** A kinship carer is a loved one who has stepped in, a grandparent, sibling, aunt, uncle or family friend, at a time of crisis, such as family difficulties, death or illness
# See Kinship
## Estimate given by Action for Carers Surrey, January 2022