Referrals, re-referrals, children referred and children re-referred to children's social care 2017-24

Referrals to children's social care 2017-24

Children referred by number of referrals in a year 2020-24

Children referred by number of referrals in a year

Re-referrals and re-referral rates within one, three and five years 2017-23

Re-referrals within one, three and five years 2017-23

Number and share of referrals by duration of episode and referral status 2017-23

Duration of episodes 2017-23

Number of referrals by source of referral and referral status.

Source of referrals 2017-24

Referrals by referral type and primary need at assessment 2017-24

Primary need at assessment 2017-24

Children re-referred and not re-referred to social services 2017-24

Referrals to children's social care by gender 2017-24

Referrals to children's social care by age 2017-24

Referrals to children's social care by ethnicity 2017-24

Referrals to children's social care by disability 2017-24

Referrals to children's social care by FSM status 2017-24

Referrals to children's social care by SEN provision 2017-24

Number and share of referrals by referral type and factors recorded at assessment

Assessment factors associated with referrals

Re-referral rate by assessment factor

Re-referrals by level of intervention by CSC, 2017-23

Referrals, re-referrals, referrals when the child was assessed not to be in need and referrals which resulted in no further action by local authority 2025

Referrals to children's social care by LA 2025

Children referred and children re-referred by local authority in 2025.

Children referred to children's social care by LA 2025

Re-referral rate within a year of previous referral 2016-25 by LA

Re-referral rates by LA 2016-25

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pre_re_referrals_3years_rate

pre_re_referrals_5years_rate

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pre_re_referrals_3years

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Number of referrals, re-referrals, children referred and children re-referred to children's social care in England, in the year to 31st March.

A1. Referrals to children's social care 2017-24

Number of children referred in England, in the year to 31st March, by number of referrals.

A2. Children referred by number of referrals 2017-24

Number of re-referrals within one, three, and five years in England. Rate of re-referrals within one, three, and five years in England.

A3. Re-referrals within three and five years 2017-23

Referrals and re-referrals in England, in the year to 31st March, by duration of episode.

A4. Duration of episodes 2017-23

Referrals and re-referrals in England, in the year to 31st March, by source of referral.

A5. Source of referrals 2017-24

Referrals and re-referrals in England, in the year to 31st March, by primary need at assessment.

A6. Primary need at assessment 2017-24

Number and share of children referred and re-referred in England, in the year to 31st March.

B1. Children referred to social services 2017-24

Number and share of children referred and re-referred in England, in the year to 31st March, by gender.

B2. Referrals to children's social care by gender 2017-24

Number and share of children referred and re-referred in England, in the year to 31st March, by age.

B3. Referrals to children's social care by age 2017-24

Number and share of children referred and re-referred in England, in the year to 31st March, by ethnicity.

B4. Referrals to children's social care by ethnicity 2017-24

Number and share of children referred and re-referred in England, in the year to 31st March, by disability status.

B5. Referrals to children's social care by disability 2017-24

Number and share of children referred and re-referred in England, in the year to 31st March, by FSM status.

C1. Referrals to children's social care by FSM status 2017-24

Number and share of children referred and re-referred in England, in the year to 31st March, by SEN provision.

C2. Referrals to children's social care by SEN provision 2017-24

Number of referrals and re-referrals in England, in the year to 31st March, for each factor recorded at assessment

D1. Assessment factors associated with referrals

Re-referral rate in England, in the year to 31st March, for each factor recorded at assessment

D2. Re-referral rate by assessment factor

Number of referrals by in England, in the year to 31st March, by highest level of intervention by children's social care services.

E1. Re-referrals by level of intervention by CSC, 2017-23

Referrals to children's social care services, referrals within 12 months of a previous referral, referrals which resulted in no further action and referrals which were assessed and resulted in no further action.

F1. Referrals to children's social care by LA and Region 2013-24

Re-referral rates for local authorities by latest Ofsted judgement relative to Ofsted inspection year

F2. Re-referrals to children's social care by Ofsted judgment and LA, 2025

Including children in need and child protection, children looked after and social work workforce statistics

Children's social care

Including Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

COVID-19

Including not in education, employment or training (NEET) statistics

Destination of pupils and students

Including early years foundation stage profile and early years surveys statistics

Early years

Including local authority (LA) and student loan statistics

Finance and funding

Including advanced learner loan, benefit claimant and apprenticeship and traineeship statistics

Further education

Including university graduate employment, graduate labour market and participation statistics

Higher education

Labour market and skills

Including absence, application and offers, capacity, exclusion and special educational needs (SEN) statistics

Pupils and schools

School and college outcomes and performance

Including initial teacher training (ITT) statistics

Teachers and school workforce

Including summarised expenditure, post-compulsory education, qualification and school statistics

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