LA - School type
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Type of school for children in need (excluding children on a child protection plan and children looked after), children on a child protection plan (excluding children looked after) and children looked after.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England
- Release
- Reporting year 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 3,444
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Total number of pupils
- Total number of pupils in special schools
- Total number of pupils in state-funded alternative provision (AP) school
- Filters
- Social care group
- Time period
- 2018/19 to 2024/25
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | la_name | new_la_code | social_care_group | t_pupils | t_primary | t_secondary | t_special | t_ap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | CINO at 31 March | 135910 | 59840 | 46680 | 26940 | 2450 | |||||
| 202425 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | CINO at 31 March | 7900 | 3450 | 2340 | 1960 | 160 | |||
| 202425 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | CINO at 31 March | 20100 | 9430 | 6780 | 3460 | 430 | |||
| 202425 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000003 | Yorkshire and The Humber | CINO at 31 March | 13930 | 6830 | 4990 | 1860 | 250 | |||
| 202425 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | CINO at 31 March | 9020 | 4240 | 3250 | 1370 | 170 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| social_care_group | Social care group - Filter by social care group |
| t_ap | Total number of pupils in state-funded alternative provision (AP) school |
| t_primary | Total number of pupils in state-funded primary schools |
| t_pupils | Total number of pupils |
| t_secondary | Total number of pupils in state-funded secondary schools |
Footnotes
- State-funded alternative provision (AP) schools include pupil referral units, alternative provision academies and alternative provision free schools (in earlier years this school type was labelled as 'Pupil referral unit' but the inclusion criteria is the same).
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Children Looked After Data Team
Email: CLA.STATS@education.gov.ukContact name: Bree Waine