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Number of fostering households falls for fourth consecutive year, despite £36m investment
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Number of fostering households falls for fourth consecutive year, despite £36m investment
The number of fostering households in England has fallen for the fourth consecutive year, despite a £36m investment in recruiting and retaining carers from 2023-25. As of March 2025, 42,190 households were approved to foster, down 1% on the year before, according to annual data published by Ofsted today . There was also a 1% fall in the number of mainstream, non-kinship households – those approved to care for a range of children – whose number d…
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