But the growth in the proportion of children in care achieving the benchmark five or more GCSEs at grades A to C was lower than for children generally, and only 57 per cent sat at least one GCSE or GNVQ last year, compared with 96 per cent generally.
The ONS figures also show that 1.1 per cent of children in care were permanently excluded from school last year, compared to a general figure of 0.1 per cent, and that 9.5 per cent were convicted of an offence or given a final warning or reprimand, compared to 3.3 per cent generally.
Helen Hibbert, head of education development at the Who Cares? Trust, said the figures were disappointing because they failed to reflect the recent attempts by local authorities to improve the education of looked-after children.
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