Peterborough children waiting more than a year for adoption

In January, Ofsted rated Peterborough City Council's children's services "inadequate"

Some children in care are waiting more than a year to move in with their adoptive families in Peterborough, a report has shown.

Figures from a Peterborough City Council report suggests the average waiting time between a child entering care and being moved into their adoptive placement is 580 days.

In January, Ofsted rated the council's children's services inadequate.

The council has since pledged more money for children's services.

The average wait between courts authorising the council to place a child into a home with an adoptive family, and a match being approved, is 298 days, or about 10 months, the report, presented at a meeting this week, stated.

But this is below the council's target of 120 days - about four months.

"It paints a picture of declining performance," Michaela Berry, acting head of service for corporate parenting at the council, said.

After its Ofsted judgement, the council said it would increase staffing capacity, and agreed to a Local Government Association (LGA) peer review of its corporate parenting committee.