Department for Education (DfE) statistics show 78,150 children were in care on 31 March this year - four per cent more than on the same date in 2018.
Some 65 of every 10,000 children are in care compared with 64 in 2018 and 62 in 2017.
In addition, the number of children being placed for adoption continues to fall.
Some 3,570 children were placed for adoption in the year up to 31 March – seven per cent less than the number of children adopted in the same period a year previously.
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