The Adoption Barometer 2025: A stocktake of adoption in England
The 2025 England report uses surveys collected in January–February 2025, mainly about 2024. Adoptee responses describe barriers to records, tracing and mental-health support; some reported delayed healthcare linked to missing family medical history. Parent questionnaires cover children’s education and support. A separate young-adoptee component adds direct accounts of wellbeing and education.
Limitations: Voluntary cross-sectional survey. England adult and parent results are combined with UK-wide young-adoptee data because that subgroup was small. Reported health delays are self-reports, not audited clinical outcomes. Annual changes may reflect different respondents. Produced by Adoption UK, an adoption-sector advocacy/service organisation. This institutional relationship should be considered when interpreting the findings.
- Research type
- Annual cross-sectional survey report
- Source reviewed
- Full text
- Peer reviewed
- No
- Age group
- Mixed
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: mixed
Adoption context: Domestic adoption and, where reported, intercountry adoption
Programme: Adoption Barometer (annual surveys)
Institutional context: Adoption-sector advocacy/service organisation
Produced by Adoption UK, an adoption-sector advocacy/service organisation. This institutional relationship should be considered when interpreting the findings.
Relationship identified. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adoptee voice, adult outcomes, post-adoption support
Review scope: Source checked: Full text. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England; UK-wide young-adoptee component
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