69% of young people leaving care with at least one GCSE at grade A*-G or a GNVQ in 2003/04 (49 per cent in England)
284 average gross weekly spend per looked-after child in foster care in 2003/04 (349 in England)
2,152 average gross weekly spend per looked-after child in a children's home in 2003/04 (2,048 in England)
Terry Jones, head of service (children and families) in the social care and health directorate at Shropshire County Council, said: "Our children's services have been rated as serving most children well with excellent prospects. Performance in areas such as adoption and care leavers was commended."
Source: Commission for Social Care Inspection.
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