Number of serious incident notifications by nature of notification, 2019 to 2024, England

Serious incident notifications by nature of notification

Number of serious incident notifications by region and local authority, 2019 to 2024, England. Children in need, Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) and population data have been added to provide further contextual information to the data on serious incident notifications.

Serious incident notifications by region and local authority

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Number of serious incident notifications for each reporting year, by:<ul><li>nature of notification;&nbsp;</li><li>whether child was looked after (2024 only);</li><li>gender;</li><li>age;</li><li>ethnicity;</li><li>disability;</li><li>placement type;&nbsp;</li><li>whether child had a protection plan;&nbsp;</li><li>whether child was known to any agency;</li><li>reporting year quarter.</li></ul>

National including breakdowns

Number of serious incident notifications for each reporting year, by local authority and region.PLEASE NOTE: Neither high nor low numbers of serious incident notifications alone should be interpreted as a performance measure of the local authority or its workforce. When interpreting data on serious incident notifications, local authority contextual information is an important consideration. Local authorities with larger populations tend to be more likely to report more serious incident notifications than those with smaller populations. Those with higher levels of deprivation also tend to be more likely to report higher rates of serious incident notifications than those with lower levels of deprivation. In addition, whilst reporting has improved in recent years, the Department is aware that, in some instances, not all incidents that meet the definition for a serious incident are notified.&nbsp;Data relating to population size, the&nbsp;number of children in need and deprivation have been included to provide further contextual information to the data on serious incident notifications.&nbsp;

Regional and local authority totals

Total number of serious incident notifications for each reporting year. Figures on serious incident notifications between 2015 and 2018 are based on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/serious-incident-notifications-from-local-authority-childrens-services-2017-to-2018/serious-incident-notifications-from-local-authority-childrens-services-2017-to-2018-main-findings">Ofsted published data</a> and for 2019 onwards are based on Department for Education data.&nbsp;

Commentary - Figure 1

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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