Adoption Facts and Figures
We recruit families for children who cannot live with their birth families, and who require a stable, permanent home. We place the needs of children first in all decision making and actions. Consequently we prioritise the assessment of adoptive families according to the needs of children we have waiting for families, which means some families waiting longer than others to complete the assessment process.
Currently our greatest need is for families who can care for larger sibling groups, families from ethnic minority backgrounds, families who can deal with health uncertainties in their adoptive child, and families for older children.
Adoption Statistics for Warwickshire County Council (April 2006 – March 2007)
33 children had adoption approved as their long-term care plan, compared with 39 children in 2005 – 2006.
(51.5% of children approved for adoption by Warwickshire County Council were single children of White/British ethnicity, and the majority of children (79%) were aged less than 5 years. Black Ethnic Minority children represented 15 % of the cohort).
23 families were approved to adopt, compared with 24 families in 2005 – 2006.
30 matches of children to potential adoptive families were approved, compared to 23 in 2005 – 2006.
In 2006/07 28 children had their Adoption Orders – making them legally adopted – granted by the Courts.
In 2006/07 87.5% of children were placed with prospective adopters within 12 months of the adoption decision.
In 2006/07 of the 23 families approved to adopt:
- 6 assessments were completed within 6 months
- 11 assessments were completed within 9 months
- 6 assessments exceeded 10 months due to particular circumstances.
In 2006/07 the timescale between adopters being approved and being matched with a child were:
- 8 under 6 months
- 11 under 12 months
- 6 under 16 months
- 2 under 24 months
- 1 over 24 months
This made 28 families in all being matched with a child during this period. This includes adopters who were adopting from overseas. |