Plymouth has been praised for being one of only 36 councils across the country to meet tough new government standards for adoption by continuing to reduce the amount of time children wait for new families.
This year’s national adoption scorecards from the Department for Education, which compare the performance of council adoption services across the country, show steady year-on-year...
That’s the message to parents or guardians if their adopted child was formally a ‘looked after child’ and adopted on or after 30 December 2005.
From April 2014, schools will be able to claim the Pupil Premium for children adopted from care, or who left care under a Special Guardianship Order (SGO) on or after 30 December 2005. Schools can also claim the Pupil Premium for children who...
New figures show that almost 4,000 children in care were adopted in 2012 - an increase of 15% and the highest ever since records began.
The annual 'looked-after children' statistics show that 3,980 children were adopted across England between April 2012 and March 2013, up from 3,470 the previous year. This is higher than in any year since 1992, when comparable records began.
Children in care would be found a home with adoptive parents more quickly under new plans to reform the adoption system.
In a joint submission to Government, councillors, chief executives and directors of children's services have set out proposals to significantly increase the number of adopters recruited and speed up the process of finding new homes for children in care.
