CLA school stability - by local authority
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LA data on CLA on 31 March with one or more school moves during the year or previous 2 years.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Stability measures for children looked after in England
- Release
- Reporting year 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 6,680
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number
- Percentage
- Filters
- CLA population
- Number of school moves
- Time period
- 2021 to 2025
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | la_name | new_la_code | cla_group | move_measure | school_stability | children_count | children_percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA 2 years on 31 March | Any moves | Total children | 45680 | 100 | |||||
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA 2 years on 31 March | Any moves | With one or more moves during the previous 2 years | 9350 | 20 | |||||
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA 2 years on 31 March | Mid-year moves | Total children | 45680 | 100 | |||||
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA 2 years on 31 March | Mid-year moves | With one or more mid-year moves during the previous 2 years | 6760 | 15 | |||||
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA on 31 March | Any moves | Total children | 52130 | 100 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| children_count | Number |
| children_percent | Percentage |
| cla_group | CLA population |
| school_stability | Number of school moves |
Footnotes
- National and regional numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages rounded to the nearest whole number. Figures in some tables may be suppressed, denoted by a 'c', percentages <0.5% are denoted by a 'k'. Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication. However, users looking for a longer time series may wish to check for the equivalent table in earlier releases of this publication. Figures exclude children looked after under a series of short-term placements.
- Includes children looked after on 31 March each year who are of school age and have been matched to the school census. See methodology document for further information.
- Includes children looked after on 31 March each year who also spent at least one day in care in the previous year ending 31 March, who are of school age and have been matched to the school census. See methodology document for further information.
- 'Any moves' is the number of times a child moves school (or from no school to a school) between 1 April and 31 March, excluding any moves prior to the date on which the child first entered care during the year.
- 'Mid-year moves' is the number of times a child moves school (or from no school to a school) between 1 April and 31 March, excluding the period 1 August to 30 September, and excluding any moves prior to the date on which the child first entered care during the year.
- 'Mid-year moves' is the number of times a child moves school (or from no school to a school) between 1 April of the previous year ending 31 March and 31 March of the relevant year, excluding the period 1 August to 30 September of both years, and excluding any moves prior to the date on which the child first entered care during the previous 2 years.
- Excludes expected transitions from one school phase to another, for example primary school to secondary school at age 11.
- The summer census in 2020 was not carried out due to the coronavirus pandemic. Therefore 2021 data excludes children aged 15 at the beginning of the 2019/20 academic year.
- The summer census in 2020 was not carried out due to the coronavirus pandemic. Therefore 2022 data excludes children aged 15 at the beginning of the 2019/20 academic year, and 2021 data excludes children aged 14 at the beginning of the 2019/20 academic year.
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