Reporting year 2023

Children's social work workforce

Annual statistics on child and family social workers, including agency social workers, employed in local authorities in England.

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If you have a specific enquiry about Children's social work workforce statistics and data:

Children’s Services Statistics Team

Email: csww.stats@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Andy Brook

Press office

If you have a media enquiry:

Telephone: 020 7783 8300

Public enquiries

If you have a general enquiry about the Department for Education (DfE) or education:

Phone: 0370 000 2288

Opening times

Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5.30pm (closed on bank holidays)

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Official statistics

These are Official Statistics and have been produced in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (opens in new tab).

This can be broadly interpreted to mean that these statistics are:

  • managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
  • meet identified user needs
  • produced according to sound methods
  • well explained and readily accessible

Find out more about the standards we follow to produce these statistics through our Standards for official statistics published by DfE guidance (opens in new tab).

Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).

OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.

You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website (opens in new tab).

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Pre-release access list

Besides Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders were given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.

  • Secretary of State for Education
  • Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing
  • Minister for the School System and Student Finance
  • Special Advisor, Schools, Children and Families
  • Special Advisor, Skills, Higher Education and Further Education
  • Special Advisor, Social Media and Digital Communications
  • Special Advisor, Parliamentary and Communications
  • Permanent Secretary
  • Director General, Families
  • Director, Children's Social Care
  • Deputy Director, Children's Social Work Strategy, Practice and Evidence
  • Deputy Director, Children's Social Worker Training, Development and Leadership
  • Assistant Director, Early Careers Framework Delivery
  • Assistant Director, Children's Social Care Strategy
  • Assistant Director, Fast Track Procurement and Early Career Framework Policy
  • Assistant Director, Social Work Workforce Delivery
  • Policy Lead, Social Worker Recruitment
  • Senior Policy Lead, Delivery Strategy
  • Team Leader, Social Work Workforce Retention
  • Senior Policy Lead, Social Worker Workforce Strategy
  • Policy Advisor, Children's Social Worker Agency and Pay
  • Chief Analyst and Director, SARDIS & Strategic Data Transformation
  • Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics and Section Head, Statistics Services Unit
  • Deputy Director, Families Analysis Division
  • Deputy Director, News and Social Media
  • Chief Media Officer
  • Senior Media Officer
  • Media Officer
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