The proportion of children looked after, children on a protection plan and other children in need who had been in contact with a social worker in the previous four weeks.

Contact with social workers in the last four weeks 

The percentage difference between the number of children looked after and children on a protection plan reported on the VCYP survey, and the number of children looked after and children on a protection plan reported in the same time in 2019-2020.

Difference in the total number of CLA and children on a CPP compared to the same time in 2019-20

The percentage difference between the number of referrals by source reported in the VCYP survey and the 3-year average of the number of referrals by source in the same weeks across 2017 to 2020.

Number of referrals received from each source compared to the same weeks in 2017 to 2020

Difference in the total number of referrals reported in the VCYP survey compared to the 3-year average of the same week across 2017 to 2020.

Total referrals

Proportion of local authorities that reported over 10% of residential care staff and social workers not working due to coronavirus (COVID-19).

Workforce absence

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Percentage difference in the number of children on a Child Protection Plan and Children Looked After recorded on the 'vulnerable children and young people’ survey, compared with the same time in 2019-20.&nbsp;

Number of children supported by local authority children's social care

The proportion of children on a Child Protection Plan, Children Looked After and all other Children in Need who had been in contact with a social worker in the previous 4 weeks.

Contact with children supported by local authority children’s social care 

The proportion of local authorities that reported over 10% of social workers and residential care staff unavailable to work due to coronavirus (COVID-19).

Children’s social care workforce

Percentage difference of the number of referrals reported in the ‘vulnerable children and young people’ survey compared with a 3-year average of the same weeks across 2017 to 2020. Includes breakdown by referral source.&nbsp;

Referrals to children’s social care services

Number of children starting to be looked after as reported in the ‘vulnerable children and young people’ survey and a 3-year average of children starting to be looked after in the same week across 2017 to 2020.

Children starting to be looked after

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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