Council Cornwall
Performance Percentage of care leavers aged 19 who were in care aged 17, who were in education, employment or training, in the year ending 31 March.
2005 Cornwall 29.2% England average 59.1%
2006 Cornwall 62.1% England average 63.4%
2007 Cornwall 72.6% England average 63%
2008 Cornwall 93.3% England average 64.9%
In the past four years, Cornwall has become the most improved authority in England for the percentage of its care leavers that go on to education, training or employment, according to the most recent government figures.
The authority has seen a staggering rise from 2005, where just 29.2 per cent of 19-year-old former care leavers were in education, training or employment, to 93.3 per cent in 2008.
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