Conservative MP Tim Loughton has sought to compare the educational achievement gap between children in care and the general population. He found since 2001 the gap between looked-after children and all children achieving five GCSEs at grades A* to C had widened by seven per cent.
Figures from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) show in 2001, eight per cent of looked-after children achieved GCSEs at A* to C, while all children achieved 48 per cent, a 40 per cent difference. But in 2006, while 59 per cent of children in the general population achieved the same grades, only 12 per cent of children in care did - a difference of 47 per cent.
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