According to the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) study, 95 per cent of adoption agencies are suffering from a shortage of families willing to adopt sibling groups.
Agencies claimed the lack of families willing to adopt siblings is on the rise, with 84 per cent warning that it has become harder to find families for sibling groups over the past 10 years.
All of the agencies involved in the research said that more families are needed to adopt a range of "harder to place" children, including sibling groups, children aged five and up and children with disabilities.
David Holmes, chief executive of BAAF, said the research reinforces concerns raised by recent Department for Education statistics, which showed the number of adoptions has decreased by five per cent since 2010.
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