Despite a rise in the number of children achieving GCSEs or GNVQs in both groups, looked-after children are falling behind their counterparts in getting A* to C grades.
The latest outcome indicators for looked-after children revealed 13 per cent got at least five GCSEs at grades A* to C in 2007. This was up two per cent on 2005. But the rate of improvement was greater for all school children - 62 per cent secured these grades, an increase of five per cent on 2005.
The gap did, however, narrow slightly when it came to the number of children getting one GCSE. In 2007, 64 per cent of looked-after children got a GCSE, up four per cent on 2005.
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