Transparency data

Fostering and adoption agency datasets

Information on independent fostering agencies and voluntary adoption agencies in England for 2017 to 2024.

• From: Ofsted
• Published: 7 September 2017
• Last updated: 15 July 2025
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  1. 15 July 2025

     Updated to confirm that this data publication stopped in 2024.

  2. 23 September 2024

     Added data as at 31 March 2024.

  3. 20 September 2023

     Added data as at 31 March 2023.

  4. 2 September 2022

     Added data as at 31 March 2022.

  5. 9 September 2021

     Added data as at 31 March 2021.

  6. 8 September 2020

     Published data as at 31 March 2020.

  7. 12 September 2019

     Published dataset as at 31 March 2019.

  8. 7 September 2017

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Adoption and fostering agency data as at 31 March 2024

ODS, 427 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Adoption and fostering agency data as at 31 March 2023

ODS, 119 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Adoption and fostering agency data as at 31 March 2022

ODS, 124 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Adoption and fostering agency data as at 31 March 2021

ODS, 126 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Adoption and fostering agency data as at 31 March 2020

CSV, 219 KB

View online

Adoption and fostering agency data as at 31 March 2019

CSV, 226 KB

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Adoption and fostering agency data as at 31 March 2018

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 127 KB

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Adoption and fostering data as at 31 March 2017

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 130 KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Details

We first published this data on fostering and adoption agencies in 2016 as a result of a Freedom of Information (FoI) request. We have continued to update the data for 2017 to 2024.