- When they leave primary school, just under half of children in care will have reached the national curriculum test level expected for their age - compared with 82% of all children.
- Almost one third of children in care sit no GCSEs or vocational tests like GNVQs.
- Only 13% of children in care obtain five good GCSEs - compared with 62% of all children.
- Only 6% of care leavers go to university - compared with 38% of all young people.
- One third of care leavers are not in education, employment or training - compared with 13% of all young people.
- More than half of all children in care have at least one mental health problem - compared with one in ten of the general child population.
- On average, one in 10 children in care will have nine or more placements during their years in care, causing potential disruption to their education (if it involves moving school) as well as a constant sense of impermanence and instability in their lives.
- One quarter of the adult prison population has been in care and almost 40% of prisoners under 21 were in care as children (only 2% of the general population spend time in prison).
- Young women aged 15 to 17 who have been in care are three times more likely than their peers to become young mothers.
Doesn't add up, does it?