Council: Ealing
Performance: The percentage of children looked after at 31 March with three or more placements during the year ending 31 March.
2004 Ealing 20.7% England average 13.7%
2005 Ealing 18.9% England average 13.6%
2006 Ealing 14.7% England average 13.1%
2007 Ealing 13% England average 12.2%
2008 Ealing 7.5% England average 11.4%
The London Borough of Ealing has achieved a dramatic improvement in placement stability for its looked-after children over the past four years.
In 2004, 20.7 per cent of the children in its care had three or more placements in a year, seven per cent higher than the England average that year.
By 2008, just 7.5 per cent had experienced this level of placement upheaval, well under the England average for the year of 11.4 per cent.
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