Data set from Education, health and care plans

Number of residential placements

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Published 26 June 2025

Last updated 26 June 2025

The number of residential placements, broken down by age, sex, ethnicity and the type of setting attended. Figures are shown as at January each year, on an academic year basis.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Education, health and care plans
• Release: Reporting year 2025
• Number of rows: 23,117
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of residential setting - between 38 and 51 weeks
  • Number of residential settings - 52 weeks
  • Total number of residential settings
• Filters:
  • Characteristics of residential placements
• Time period: 2018/19 to 2024/25

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	new_la_code	old_la_code	la_name	breakdown_topic	breakdown	Res_3851	Res_52	Res_tot
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						All residential placements	All residential placements	2469	1327	3796
201819	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				All residential placements	All residential placements	25	88	113
201819	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				All residential placements	All residential placements	134	168	302
201819	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				All residential placements	All residential placements	113	95	208
201819	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				All residential placements	All residential placements	109	57	166

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables

Variable name	Variable description
breakdown	Characteristics of residential placements - Filter by characteristics of child or young person with residential placements
Res_3851	Number of residential setting - between 38 and 51 weeks
Res_52	Number of residential settings - 52 weeks
Res_tot	Total number of residential settings

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