Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England
Children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England, national and local authority level outcomes including key stage 4 and absence
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- Department for Education
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If you have a specific enquiry about Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England statistics and data:
Children Looked After Data Team
Email: CLA.STATS@education.gov.ukContact name: Bree Waine
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- managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
- meet identified user needs
- produced according to sound methods
- well explained and readily accessible
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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 and Families
- Minister for Skills
- Minister for School Standards
- Permanent Secretary
- Special Adviser, Every Child Achieving and Thriving, Best Start in Life
- Special Adviser, Keeping Children Safe, non-policy functions and speeches
- Special Adviser, Communications
- Special Adviser, Communications and parliament
- Special Adviser, Skills for Opportunity and Growth, and Women & Equalities
- Private Office of the Secretary of State
- Chief Social Worker For Children And Families
- Director General of Strategy Group (DA)
- Director General of Families Group
- Director Children’s Social Care
- Chief Analyst, Director of Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Intelligence & Science (SARDIS) & Strategic Data Transformation
- Deputy Director, Data Insight and Statistics Division, Head of Profession for Statistics
- Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics, Data Insight and Statistics Division
- Deputy Director, News and Social media division
- SEO, Senior Media Officer, Children and Families
- Grade 6, Communications
- Grade 7, Communications
- Deputy Director, Families Group Analysis
- G7, Team Leader, Children in Need and Looked After Children Analysis, Children’s Social Care Analysis and Research (CSCAR)
- Directors of CSC Strategy and Care system
- Deputy Directors, Outcomes, Care Leavers and Capital
- G6, Outcomes, Care Leavers, and Capital
- G7, Outcomes, Care Leavers, and Capital
- SEO, Outcomes, Care Leavers, and Capital
- G6 Children’s Social Care
- G7, Children’s Social Care Strategy and Engagement Team, Families Group
- G6, Best Start in Life Unit
- G6, System Leaders and School Improvement Analysis Unit
- G6, Children's Social Care Policy
- G7, Care Leaders Team