Adoption Maps
These two maps show information from local authority (LA) adoption agencies and voluntary adoption agencies (VAAs) in England. The aim is to encourage potential adopters to come forward and register with an agency.
The maps show how many children were waiting to be adopted in each local authority at 31st December 2014 and other information about adoption agencies. You can adopt a child or children from anywhere in England and become approved by any adoption agency. This is the most up-to-date information on adoption in England.
Local Authority Adoption Agencies
This map shows the number of children waiting to be placed within each local authority adoption agency in England and other information. Click on the icons to find out more about your authority.
- Northumberland
- Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Gateshead
- North Tyneside
- South Tyneside
- Sunderland
- Cumbria
- County Durham
- Stockton-On-Tees
- Hartlepool
- Darlington
- Middlesbrough
- Redcar and Cleveland
- North Yorkshire
- Blackpool
- Sefton
- Lancashire
- South Lancashire
- York
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- City of Kingston Upon Hull
- Leeds
- Wakefield
- Bradford
- Calderdale
- Kirklees
- Doncaster
- North Lincolnshire
- Sheffield
- Rotherham
- North East Lincolnshire
- Lincolnshire
- Nottinghamshire
- City of Nottingham
- Derbyshire
- City of Derby
- Wirral
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Cheshire East
- Staffordshire
- City of Stoke-On-Trent
- Telford and Wrekin
- Shropshire
- Leicestershire
- Leicester
- Rutland
- Peterborough
- Norfolk
- City of Wolverhampton
- Walsall
- Sandwell
- Dudley
- Birmingham
- Solihull
- Coventry
- Warwickshire
- Worcestershire
- County of Herefordshire
- Gloucestershire
- South Gloucestershire
- City of Bristol
- North Somerset
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Somerset
- Wiltshire
- Swindon
- Oxfordshire
- Northamptonshire
- Milton Keynes
- Bedford
- Central Bedfordshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Suffolk
- Essex
- Hertfordshire
- Luton
- Buckinghamshire
- London
- Slough
- Reading
- Wokingham
- Bracknell Forest
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Thurrock
- Southend-on-Sea
- Medway
- Kent
- Surrey
- Hampshire
- East Sussex
- West Sussex
- City of Brighton and Hove
- West Berkshire
- City of Portsmouth
- City of Southampton
- Bournemouth
- Poole
- Dorset
- Devon
- Torbay
- City of Plymouth
- Cornwall
- Isle of Wight
Lincolnshire
This agency has more than one office. The data below represents combined figures for all offices.
On average, a child was in care for 31 months before moving in with tneir new family
73% of adopters were approved in less than 6 months
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Voluntary Adoption Agencies
This map shows the number of voluntary adoption agencies (VAAs) operating in England. Click on the starred icons in your area to find out more about their adoption activity. Unstarred icons will appear when a starred icon is clicked – this shows regional offices of the VAA (if there are any). The data* is for the VAA as a whole, not for any particular office.
Map Key
Voluntary Adoption Agency Head Office
Voluntary Adoption Agency Regional Sub-office/s
Action for Children
Adopt Together - Faith in Families
Adopters for Adoption
Adoption Focus
Adoption Matters
Adoptionplus
ARC Adoption
Barnardo's Adoption
Cabrini Children's Society
Caritas Care Ltd
CCS Adoption
Coram
Coram Cambridgeshire Adoption
DFW Adoption
Families for Children
Family Care
Family Futures
Families that Last
Intercountry Adoption Centre
New Leaf Adoption
Nugent Care
Parents And Children Together
SSAFA - Adoption Service for military families
St Francis Children's Society (SFCS)
St. David's Children's Society
TACT Adoption
Yorkshire Adoption Agency
- Action for Children South West Adoption
- Action for Children Fostering and Adoption Midlands
- Action for Children Mosaic Adoption and Permanency Service
- Adopt Together - Faith in Families
- Adopters for Adoption (Bromsgrove)
- Adopters for Adoption (Bodmin)
- Adopters for Adoption (Bristol)
- Adopters for Adoption (Carlisle)
- Adopters for Adoption (Carnforth)
- Adopters for Adoption (Chester-Le-Street)
- Adopters for Adoption (Chesterfield)
- Adopters for Adoption (Doncaster)
- Adopters for Adoption (Dudley)
- Adopters for Adoption (Faversham)
- Adopters for Adoption (Gloucester)
- Adopters for Adoption (Hessle)
- Adopters for Adoption (Isle of Wight)
- Adopters for Adoption (Lancing)
- Adopters for Adoption (Leeds)
- Adopters for Adoption (Leicester)
- Adopters for Adoption (Mansfield)
- Adopters for Adoption (Newcastle)
- Adopters for Adoption (Norwich)
- Adopters for Adoption (Peterborough)
- Adopters for Adoption (Plymouth)
- Adopters for Adoption (Sheffield)
- Adopters for Adoption (Shrewsbury)
- Adopters for Adoption (Southampton)
- Adopters for Adoption (Southend)
- Adopters for Adoption (Stafford)
- Adopters for Adoption (Stockton)
- Adopters for Adoption (Taunton)
- Adopters for Adoption (Wendover)
- Adopters for Adoption (Woodley)
- Adopters for Adoption (Stanmore)
- Adopters for Adoption (Sutton)
- Adopters for Adoption (Ashton)
- Adopters for Adoption (Blackburn)
- Adopters for Adoption (Liverpool)
- Adopters for Adoption (Warrington)
- Adoption Focus (Marston Green)
- Adoption Focus (Newcastle-Under-Lyme)
- Adoption Focus (Oxford)
- Adoption Matters
- Adoption Matters NorthWest (Blackburn)
- Adoption Matters NorthWest (Hale)
- Adoption Matters NorthWest (Warrington)
- Adoptionplus
- ARC Adoption
- Barnardo's Adoption Midlands
- Barnardo's Adoption Service, London East and South East
- Barnardo's Adoption Service, London East and South East
- Barnardo's Adoption Service, London East and South East
- Barnardo's Fostering and Adoption North East
- Barnardo's Fostering and Adoption North East
- Barnardo's Fostering and Adoption North East
- Barnardo's Fostering and Adoption South West
- Barnardo's Fostering and Adoption South West
- Barnardo's Fostering and Adoption South West
- Barnardo's Fostering and Adoption South West
- Barnardo's Yorkshire
- Barnardo's Yorkshire
- Barnardo's Adoption Service, London East and South East
- Cabrini Children's Society Brighton
- Cabrini Children's Society Winchester
- Cabrini Children's Society Purley
- Caritas Care Ltd (Preston)
- Caritas Care Ltd (Carlisle)
- Caritas Care Ltd (Manchester)
- CCS Adoption
- Coram (East Midlands)
- Coram (London)
- Coram (South London)
- Coram (North London)
- Coram Cambridgeshire Adoption
- DFW Adoption
- Families for Children (Buckfastleigh)
- Families for Children (Dorchester)
- Family Care
- Family Futures
- Family Futures
- Families that Last (A Service of After Adoption)
- Families that Last (A Service of After Adoption)
- Families that Last (A Service of After Adoption)
- Families that Last (A Service of After Adoption)
- Families that Last (A Service of After Adoption)
- Families that Last (A Service of After Adoption)
- Families that Last (A Service of After Adoption)
- New Leaf Adoption
- Nugent Care
- Parents And Children Together (PACT Reading)
- Parents And Children Together (PACT Brighton)
- Parents And Children Together (PACT Oxford)
- Parents And Children Together (PACT London Old Street)
- Parents And Children Together (PACT London Pimlico)
- SSAFA - Adoption Service for military families
- Intercountry Adoption Centre
- St Francis Children's Society (SFCS)
- St. David's Children's Society (Cardiff)
- St. David's Children's Society (Hereford)
- TACT Adoption
- Yorkshire Adoption Agency
Lincolnshire
This agency has more than one office. The data below represents combined figures for all offices.
On average, a child was in care for 31 months before moving in with tneir new family
73% of adopters were approved in less than 6 months
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* More information about the data
Child’s journey through adoption
The graphic below shows the average time taken over 2014-2015 for the child to journey through care and into adoption.