- 8% of looked-after children in homes and hostels (13 per cent in England)
- 13% of children left care with at least five GCSEs at A*-C (7 per cent in England)
- 58% of children left care with at least one GCSE at grade A*-G (44 per cent in England)
North Yorkshire is England's largest county by area - reaching from the Pennines to the east coast - and thus faces a specific set of problems.
However, it has one of the lowest rates of looked-after children of any council in the country, and comes out well even when compared with other rural authorities. North Yorkshire has relatively few children in care homes and hostels and has been improving its performance. The social services and education departments are working together to improve GCSE figures for care leavers.
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