Children in need and child protection
Characteristics of children in need
Reporting Year 2020
- All files (zip, 974 Kb)
- A1 Children in Need, Referrals and Assessments (csv, 13 Kb)
- A2 Section 47s, initial child protection conferences and child protection plans (csv, 10 Kb)
- A3 Children in need by gender, age and primary need (csv, 9 Kb)
- A4 Children in need by ethnicity, age and gender (csv, 8 Kb)
- A5 Child protection plans initial category of abuse by gender, age and ethnicity (csv, 5 Kb)
- A6 Child protection plans initial category of abuse (csv, 1 Kb)
- A7 Children in Need by Gender, Age and Ethnicity (csv, 22 Kb)
- B1 Children in Need and Episodes of Need (csv, 259 Kb)
- B2 Children in Need by Recorded Disability (csv, 235 Kb)
- B3 Children in Need by Primary Need (csv, 215 Kb)
- B4 Children in Need by Duration of Episode (csv, 226 Kb)
- B5 Duration of Ended Episodes (csv, 226 Kb)
- B6 Children in Need by Reason for Closure (csv, 236 Kb)
- C1 Children in Need Referrals and Rereferrals (csv, 237 Kb)
- C2 Children in Need Assessments by Duration (csv, 200 Kb)
- C3 Children in Need factor identified at end of Assessment (csv, 131 Kb)
- C4 Section 47s and Initial Child Protection Conferences (csv, 276 Kb)
- C5 Children in Need Referrals by Source (csv, 187 Kb)
- C6 Referrals by Month (csv, 222 Kb)
- D1 Child Protection Plans (csv, 241 Kb)
- D2 Child Protection Plans starting in the year by Category of Abuse (csv, 256 Kb)
- D3 Child protection plans with subsequent plan (csv, 224 Kb)
- D4 Child Protection Plans at 31st March by Category of Abuse (csv, 255 Kb)
- D5 Child Protection Plans at 31 March by Length of Time (csv, 235 Kb)
- D6 Child Protection Plans Reviewed within Timescales (csv, 210 Kb)
- D7 Child Protection Plans Ending in year by Length of Time (csv, 246 Kb)
- D8 Child protection plans ending during the first six months of the year by length of time child remained in need (csv, 263 Kb)
- ONS mid-year population estimates (csv, 174 Kb)
Children looked after
Children looked after in England including adoptions
Reporting Year 2020
- All files (zip, 1 Mb)
- LA - Accommodation of care leavers (csv, 2 Mb)
- LA - Activity of care leavers (csv, 1 Mb)
- LA - Care leavers by whether their accommodation is suitable (csv, 578 Kb)
- LA - Care leavers in contact with local authority (csv, 752 Kb)
- LA - Care leavers who left foster care aged 18 and who were eligible for care leaver support (csv, 417 Kb)
- LA - Children looked after at 31 March by characteristics (csv, 5 Mb)
- LA - Children looked after at 31 March by LA of placement net gain (csv, 289 Kb)
- LA - Children looked after at 31 March with three or more placements during the year, or aged under 16 at 31 March who had been looked after continuously for at least 2.5 years and who were living in the same placement for at least 2 years (csv, 463 Kb)
- LA - Children looked after at any time during the year ending 31 March who were only looked after exclusively under a series of short term placements (csv, 94 Kb)
- LA - Children looked after during the year ending 31 March by characteristics (csv, 1 Mb)
- LA - Children looked after numbers and rates per 10,000 children aged under 18 years (csv, 236 Kb)
- LA - Children who ceased to be looked after during the year (csv, 2 Mb)
- LA - Children who started to be looked after during the year (csv, 2 Mb)
- LA - Conviction and health outcomes for children looked after continuously for 12 months (csv, 1 Mb)
- LA - Official Statistics - Children looked after who were missing or away from placement without authorisation (csv, 1 Mb)
- National - Accommodation of care leavers (csv, 31 Kb)
- National - Activity of care leavers (csv, 55 Kb)
- National - Care leavers by whether their accommodation is suitable (csv, 6 Kb)
- National - Care leavers who left foster care aged 18 and who were eligible for care leaver support (Staying Put) (csv, 978 B)
- National - Care leavers who were unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (csv, 3 Kb)
- National - Children for whom the local authority has made the decision that the child should be placed for adoption, those placed and waiting for adoption and children where the decision to be placed for adoption has been reversed (csv, 34 Kb)
- National - Children looked after at 31 March by characteristics (csv, 29 Kb)
- National - Children looked after at 31 March by placement provider, placement type and locality (csv, 49 Kb)
- National - Children looked after at 31 March by placement type, distance and locality of placement (csv, 23 Kb)
- National - Children looked after at 31 March who were unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (csv, 10 Kb)
- National - Children looked after during the year and at 31 March for at least 12 months by characteristics (csv, 39 Kb)
- National - Children looked after during the year by placement type and locality (csv, 23 Kb)
- National - Children looked after who were adopted - average time between the different stages of the adoption process (csv, 28 Kb)
- National - Children looked after who were adopted - number, gender and legal status of adopters (csv, 7 Kb)
- National - Children looked after who were adopted during the year ending 31 March (csv, 11 Kb)
- National - Children looked after who were the subject of a special guardianship order during the year ending 31 March (csv, 15 Kb)
- National - Children who ceased to be looked after during the year ending 31 March by characteristics (csv, 41 Kb)
- National - Children who ceased to be looked after during the years ending 31 March by number of periods of care and placements, by age on ceasing (csv, 42 Kb)
- National - Children who started to be looked after during the years ending 31 March (csv, 30 Kb)
- National - Conviction and health outcomes for children looked after continuously for 12 months (csv, 140 Kb)
- National - Duration of placements by type ceasing during the year (csv, 31 Kb)
- National - Official Statistics - Children looked after who were missing (csv, 13 Kb)
- National - Official Statistics - Children who were away from placement without authorisation (csv, 14 Kb)
- National - Reason for placement change during the year of children looked after by characteristics (csv, 168 Kb)
- National - Time series of children looked after data - 1994 to 2020 (csv, 14 Kb)
Children's social work workforce
Children's social work workforce
Reporting Year 2019 to Reporting Year 2020
- All files (zip, 785 Kb)
- FTE and headcount characteristics (csv, 4 Mb)
- FTE and headcount rates (csv, 125 Kb)
- Starters and leavers characteristics (csv, 2 Mb)
Outcomes for children in social care
Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England
Reporting Year 2020
- All files (zip, 580 Kb)
- LA - Absence (autumn term) (csv, 451 Kb)
- LA - Absence (six half terms) (csv, 1 Mb)
- LA - Expulsions and suspensions (csv, 202 Kb)
- LA - Free school meals (FSM) (csv, 170 Kb)
- LA - Key Stage 4 (KS4) (csv, 338 Kb)
- LA - School type (csv, 268 Kb)
- LA - Special educational needs (SEN) (csv, 444 Kb)
- National - Absence (autumn term) (csv, 8 Kb)
- National - Absence (six half terms) (csv, 23 Kb)
- National - Destinations (csv, 4 Kb)
- National - Expulsions and suspensions (csv, 18 Kb)
- National - Free school meals (FSM) (csv, 2 Kb)
- National - Key Stage 4 (KS4) (csv, 49 Kb)
- National - School type (csv, 4 Kb)
- National - Special educational needs (SEN) (csv, 15 Kb)
Outcomes of children in need, including looked after children
Academic Year 2018/19
- All files (zip, 32 Kb)
- Absence (csv, 16 Kb)
- cin outcomes methodology (docx, 17 Kb)
- Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) (csv, 17 Kb)
- Exclusions (csv, 14 Kb)
- Free School Meals (FSM) (csv, 1 Kb)
- Key Stage 1 (KS1) (csv, 13 Kb)
- Key Stage 2 (KS2) (csv, 19 Kb)
- Key Stage 4 (KS4) (csv, 18 Kb)
- Progress 8 (csv, 7 Kb)
- School type (csv, 18 Kb)
- Special Educational Needs (SEN) (csv, 3 Kb)
Secure children's homes
Children accommodated in secure children's homes
Reporting Year 2019 to Reporting Year 2020
- All files (zip, 330 Kb)
- metadata guidance (pdf, 254 Kb)
- SCH characteristics 2020 (csv, 26 Kb)
- SCH individual homes 2020 (csv, 14 Kb)
- SCH national 2020 (csv, 2 Kb)
- secure childrens homes pre release access list (pdf, 106 Kb)
Serious incident notifications
Serious incident notifications
Part 1 (April to September) 2020-21
- All files (zip, 2 Kb)
- Serious incident notifications (csv, 16 Kb)