Time series of children in need, referrals and assessments, including rates per 10,000 children.

National time series of children in need, referrals and assessments, England 2013 to 2021

National-level time series data for Section 47 enquiries, initial child protection conferences and child protection plans, including rates per 10,000 children.

National time series of Section 47 enquiries, initial child protection conferences and child protection plans, England 2013 to 2021

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Children in need, episodes of need, referrals and assessments completed by children's social care services.

A1 National time series of children in need, referrals and assessments, England 2013 to 2021

Section 47 enquiries, initial child protection conferences and child protection plans.

A2 National time series of section 47s, initial child protection conferences and child protection plans, England 2013 to 2021

Children in need by gender, age and primary need.

A3 National times series of children in need by gender, age and primary need, England 2018 to 2021

Children in need by gender, age and ethnicity.

A4 National time series of children in need by ethnicity and age and gender, England 2018 to 2021

Children who were the subject of a child protection plan at 31 March by initial category of abuse by gender, age and ethnicity.

A5 National time series of child protection plans by initial category of abuse and gender, age and ethnicity, England 2018 to 2021

Children who were the subject of a child protection plan at 31 March by initial category of abuse.

A6 National time series of child protection plans by initial category of abuse, England 2013 to 2021

A7 National time series of children in need by gender, age and ethnicity, England 2015 to 2021

Children in need episodes at any point during the year, episodes starting and ending in the year and children in need at 31 March.

B1 Children in need and episodes of need by local authority, England 2013 to 2021

B2 Children in need at 31 March by recorded disability and local authority, England 2013 to 2021

Children in need by primary need at assessment.

B3 Children in need at 31 March by primary need and local authority, England 2013 to 2021

Children in need by duration of episode of need.

B4 Children in need at 31 March by duration of episode and local authority, England 2013 to 2021

Episodes of need ending during the year by duration of episode of need.

B5 Duration of episodes of need ending in the  year to 31 March by local authority, England 2013 to 2021

Episodes of need ending during the year by reason for case closure.

B6 Episodes of need ending in the year to 31 March  by reason for closure and local authority, England 2013 to 2021

Referrals to children's social care services, referrals &nbsp;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.

C1 Referrals and re-referrals to children's social care services by local authority, England 2013 to 2021

Assessments completed by children's social care services by duration of assessment.

C2 Completed assessments by duration of assessment and local authority, England 2014 to 2021

Factors identified at the end of assessment.

C3 Factors identified at the end of assessment by local authority, England 2018 to 2021

Section 47 enquiries and initial child protection conferences.

C4 Section 47s and Initial Child Protection Conferences by local authority, England 2013 to 2021

Referrals to children's social care services by source of referral.

C5 Referrals to children's social care services by source of referral, England 2014 to 2021

Referrals to children's social care services by month of the year.

C6 Referrals to children's social care services by month and local authority, England 2013 to 2021

Child protection plans starting, ending and at any point during the year and children subject to a child protection plan at 31 March.

D1 Child Protection Plans by local authority, England 2013 to 2021

Child protection plans starting during the year by initial and latest category of abuse.

D2 Child Protection Plans starting in the year by category of abuse and local authority, England 2013 to 2021

Child protection plans starting in the year and child protection plans which are a second or subsequent plan.

D3 Child Protection Plans starting during year which were a second or subsequent plan, by local authority, England 2013 to 2021

Children who were the subject of a child protection plan at 31 March by initial and latest category of abuse.

D4 Child Protection Plans at 31 March by category of abuse and local authority, England 2013 to 2021

Children who were the subject of a child protection plan at 31 March by duration of the plan.

D5 Child Protection Plans at 31 March by duration and local authority, England 2013 to 2021

Children who were the subject of a child protection plan at 31 March that had been on a plan for at least three months and had reviews carried out within the required timescales.

D6 Child Protection Plans reviewed within timescales by local authority, England 2013 to 2021

Child protection plans ending during the year by duration of the plan.

D7 Child Protection Plans ending during the year to 31 March by duration and local authority, England 2013 to 2021

Child protection plans ending during the first six months of the year by duration of the plan.

D8 Child protection plans ending during the first six months of the year by duration child remained in need and local authority, England 2013 to 2021

Children in need, referrals, assessments and child protection plans.

Headline Figures

ONS population estimates for children aged 0 to 17 (age at mid-year).

ONS mid-year population estimates

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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