Nursery World - Record number of children adopted in the past year

The number of children being adopted is at an all time high, with more than 5,000 children placed in stable homes between April 2013 and March 2014.

This is an increase of 26 per cent on the previous year when 4,010 children were adopted, according to Department for Education (DfE) figures.

Overall, adoptions have increased by 63 per cent in the last three years, from 3,100 in 2011 to 5,050 in 2014.

The DfE attributes the rise in adoptions to Government action to speed up the adoption process over the 12 months, including:

Nicky Morgan, secretary of state for education, said, ‘These figures show a significant and sustained rise in the number of adoptions. This means thousands more of our most vulnerable children are finding the loving and permanent homes they so desperately need.

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