The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) wants to see the proportion of looked-after children not sitting a GCSE or equivalent exam reduced to 10 per cent by 2006.
But figures published by the DfES last week show 41 per cent did not sit an exam in 2004 - a small reduction on last year's figure of 43 per cent (Children Now, 2-8 June 2004).
Felicity Collier, chief executive of BAAF Adoption & Fostering, said: "There has been very little progress and it does not look like there is any chance of meeting the targets by 2006. The wasted potential of looked-after children is extreme and very sad."
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