Junior education minister Maria Eagle told a private meeting of MPs that54 per cent of looked-after children were only put forward for oneexam.
The minister is understood to have told the all-party parliamentarygroup on children in care that she was shocked when she discovered thefigure.
Children outside the care system are expected to get at least five A* toC grades. David Kidney, chair of the all-party parliamentary group,called on ministers to take action to improve the situation.
According to Kidney: "It's outrageous that we do not allow looked-afterchildren to make the fullest of their one shot at a decent education."
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