21% of looked-after children are in care because of parental illness or disability (6 per cent in England)
41% of looked-after children in their foster placement for at least two years (46 per cent in England)
57% of care leavers with opportunity to sit exams gaining at least one GCSE at grade A*-G (44 per cent in England)
Wandsworth Council has more children in care than the average authority, but its social services department tends to have higher performance. One objective is to ensure that children in need and looked-after children gain best life chance benefits from education, health care and social care.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Department of Health.
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