Care leavers (now 17-21 years) - activity by ethnicity and by placement
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Care leavers, by activity (as measured on or around their birthday). Activity figures split by ethnicity, and by last placement when the young person ceased to be looked after.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Children looked after in England including adoptions
- Release
- Reporting year 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 3,600
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number
- Percentage
- Filters
- Age of care leaver
- Characteristic of the care leaver
- Type of activity the care leaver is in
- Time period
- 2021 to 2025
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | care_leaver_age | cla_group | breakdown | activity_type | care_leaver_count | care_leaver_percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 17 years | Ethnicity group | Total Asian or Asian British | Education other than higher education | 10 | 29 |
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 17 years | Ethnicity group | Total Asian or Asian British | Higher education i.e. studies beyond A level | c | c |
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 17 years | Ethnicity group | Total Asian or Asian British | In an apprenticeship | c | c |
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 17 years | Ethnicity group | Total Asian or Asian British | In training or employment | z | z |
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 17 years | Ethnicity group | Total Asian or Asian British | In training or employment (excl. apprenticeship) | c | c |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| activity_type | Type of activity the care leaver is in |
| breakdown | Characteristic of the care leaver |
| care_leaver_age | Age of care leaver |
| care_leaver_count | Number |
| care_leaver_percent | Percentage |
Footnotes
- 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'. Figures exclude young people who were looked after under an agreed series of short term placements, those who have died since leaving care, those who have returned home to parents or someone with parental responsibility for a continuous period of at least 6 months and those whose care was transferred to another local authority. Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication.
- Local authority not in touch' excludes young people where activity information is known, as a third party provided it even though the local authority is not directly in touch with the young person.
- In touch, activity and accommodation information for 17-21 year old care leavers relates to contact around their birthday. Users looking for a longer time series may wish to check for the equivalent table in earlier releases of this publication. Figures for the number of care leavers who have died each year can be found in the methodology document.
- Around 66% of care leavers aged 18-21 years old and 61% of care leavers aged 17 years old were in their final placement for at least 6 months (2025 data). Users of this information on last placement should take this into consideration when drawing conclusions from this data.
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Looked-after children statistics team
Email: cla.stats@education.gov.ukContact name: Justin Ushie