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Teenagers are being let down by adoption services in England, Adoption UK has warned.

Adoption UK has joined forces with BBC Teach to design a new set of resources for teachers and children based on how to address care experience in education settings.

Adoption UK is calling for the creation of free national contact services for adopted people looking for their birth families.

How prospective adopters are prepared for assessment can make or break an adoption, says Jane Poore, adoption consultant at CoramBAAF.

Scot who waited over a decade for PTSD diagnosis says adopted children are being failed Julian Thomson, 29, was adopted when he was younger and believes children in care need better support. Fiona Aitken, Adoption UK Director of Scotland Get the latest Scottish parenting news sent straight to your inbox each week with our newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your ...

Number of children adopted from care in England drops for fifth year running PA 10 December 2020, 2:38 pm The number of children adopted from care in England has fallen for the fifth year running as numbers of looked-after children continue to rise, new figures show. There were 3,440 children adopted from care in 2019-20 – down more than a third in five years, the Department for Education (DfE) said. This is a fall of 4% from 3,590 children adopted from care over the previous year and follows...