Headline Children in Need figures

Episodes of need starting and ending

Episodes of need ending by duration of episode

Children in need by ethnicity, age and gender

Referrals and re-referrals (within 12 months of a previous referral)

Referrals by source

Referrals requiring no further action or subsequently assessed as not in need

Assessments and average duration

Children in need by primary need at assessment

Factors identified at the end of assessment

Section 47 enquiries and initial child protection conferences

Children on protection plans by initial category of abuse

characteristic

characteristic_type

CPP_At31

Emotional_Abuse_Initial

Multiple_Initial

Neglect_Initial

Physical_Abuse_Initial

Sexual_Abuse_Initial

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

A1 National time series of children in need, referrals and assessments

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

Children in need by gender, age and primary need.

A3 National times series of children in need by gender, age and primary need

Children in need by gender, age and ethnicity.

A4 National time series of children in need by ethnicity and age and gender

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

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

A7 National time series of children in need by gender, age and ethnicity

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

B2 Children in need at 31 March by recorded disability and local authority

Children in need by primary need at assessment.

B3 Children in need at 31 March by primary need and local authority

Children in need by duration of episode of need.

B4 Children in need by duration of episode and local authority

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

B5 Duration of episodes of need ending during year to 31 March by local authority

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

B6 Episodes of need ending by reason for closure and local authority

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

B7 Child in need plans by local authority

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.

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

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

C2 Completed assessments by duration of assessment and local authority

Factors identified at the end of assessment.

C3 Factors identified at the end of assessment by local authority

&nbsp;Section 47 enquiries and initial child protection conferences.

C4 Section 47s and Initial Child Protection Conferences by local authority

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

C5 Referrals to children's social care services by source of referral and local authority

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

Child protection plans starting and ending during the year, at any point during the year and at 31 March.

D1 Child Protection Plans by local authority

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Headline children in need figures.

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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