Addressing the LGIU's Children's Services Network conference, Andy Sawford highlighted the stark contrast between the six per cent of children in care that go on to university in the UK and the 60 per cent that do in Denmark.
Opening the conference Sawford said: "We should be ashamed at how seriously we fail children in care in this country.
"Those children, who have the wealthiest parent of all, the state, are more likely to end up in prison or on the dole than they are to go on to higher education."
Sawford called for "a year of political change" on the issue and proposed the creation of a national academy for achievement in social care, which would give more looked-after children access to good quality education and training.
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