Guidance

Children in need census 2025 to 2026: reports specifications

Specifications of children in need census reports that local authorities can run in COLLECT.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 22 October 2024

Applies to England

Documents

Children in need census 2025 to 2026: reports specifications

PDF, 369 KB, 52 pages

Details

This document describes the reports available to local authorities completing a children in need census return in COLLECT, our centralised data collection and management system.

It specifies:

• a detailed description of each report
• what data is used to calculate each report
• what information each report displays

Published 22 October 2024