Performance: Percentage of children in the same placement for at least two years or placed for adoption in the year ending 31 March.
2004
Telford & Wrekin Council 60%
England average 65%
2005
Telford & Wrekin Council 68%
England average 64%
2006
Telford & Wrekin Council 69%
England average 65%
2007
Telford & Wrekin Council 69%
England average 65%
2008
Telford & Wrekin Council 74%
England average 67%
Telford & Wrekin Council has been one of the most improved councils in recent years in terms of increasing the percentage of children in care remaining in stable placements or placed for adoption. In 2004, 60 per cent of looked-after children in the borough had been in the same placement for two years or had been placed for adoption. However, by 2008, 74 per cent of children in care fell into this category.
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