69% of looked-after children in year 11 achieved one GCSE at A* to G or a GNVQ in the 12 months to 30 September 2004 (56.1 per cent in England)
12% of looked-after children were convicted or subject to a final warning or reprimand during the year to September 2004 (9.3 per cent in England)
1,860 gross weekly spend per looked-after child in a children's home in 2003/04 (2,048 in England)
412 gross weekly spend per looked-after child in foster care (349 in England)
The Commission for Social Care Inspection rated Poole council's capacity to improve children's services as promising in 2004. It gave it two stars overall.
Source: Department for Education and Skills and the Commission for Social Care Inspection.
