Council Norfolk County Council
Performance Educational outcomes of looked-after children
Since 2007, the proportion of looked-after children in Norfolk achieving the top grades at GCSE has doubled.
Statistics from Norfolk County Council show that in 2007 just 8.1 per cent of children in care were gaining five A* to C grades. Last year this stood at 16.4 per cent.
The proportion of children in care gaining five GCSEs at A* to G also increased from 42.1 per cent in 2008 to 52.1 per cent in 2009 compared with the national average of 44.3 per cent.
The council has attributed its improvements to the authority's "virtual school", which provides an overview of the education needs of the county's looked-after children.
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