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Local authority interactive tool (LAIT)

An interactive spreadsheet for comparing data about children and young people across all local authorities in England.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 28 January 2014
• Last updated: 7 November 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Local authority interactive tool: user guide

Ref: DFE-00150-2015

PDF, 1.91 MB, 25 pages

Local authority interactive tool: version log

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 32.6 KB

Children's services statistical neighbour benchmarking tool

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 205 KB

Details

We’ve removed the ‘Local authority interactive tool’ (LAIT) file as it’s not accessible because of missing alternative text, tables with complex structures and hard to read text contrast.

This means it doesn’t meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines success criteria 1.1.1 non-text content, 1.3.2 meaningful sequence and 1.4.3 contrast. We’re working on an alternative but in the meantime, if you’d like a copy of the tool, please email request.lait@education.gov.uk with the title: ‘Send me copy of LAIT’.

If you’ve any general questions about the tool or would like to be sent a ‘non macro version’, please email darlington.bridge@education.gov.uk.

DfE’s privacy information: local authority employees explains how we process your personal data.

The local authority interactive tool (LAIT) presents information in interactive tables and charts with the local authority’s rank and position in England.

It includes data on:

• children looked after by local authorities
• child protection
• special educational needs and disability (SEND)
• pupil attainment
• children’s health
• post-16 circumstances
• judgements from Ofsted

The ‘Children’s services statistical neighbour benchmarking tool’ allows you to select a local authority and display its ‘closest statistical neighbours’ (local authorities with similar characteristics).

More information is available in appendix A of the ‘Local authority interactive tool: user guide’.

Original data on the LAIT is sourced from:

• Explore Education Statistics
• Ofsted
• Public Health Profiles
• the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service
• statistics on children in low income families
• Office for National Statistics data on conception rates
• youth justice statistics
• assessed child deaths - modifiable factors

Ofsted’s 5-year inspection data is also available for children’s social care, early years, further education and skills, non-association independent schools, initial teacher education providers and state-funded schools.

Published 28 January 2014
Last updated 7 November 2024 + show all updates

1. 7 November 2024

   Updated 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

2. 20 September 2024

   Updated 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

3. 9 August 2024

   Removed 'Local authority interactive tool'. Updated 'Local authority interactive tool: user guide' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

4. 7 March 2024

   Updated 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

5. 14 February 2024

   Updated 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

6. 12 January 2024

   Updated 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

7. 24 November 2023

   Updated 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

8. 10 November 2023

   Updated 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

9. 1 August 2023

   Updated 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

10. 27 June 2023

    Updated 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

11. 10 May 2023

    Removed link to survey about decommissioning the local authority interactive tool as the survey is now closed. Added link to Ofsted’s 5-year inspection data.

12. 5 May 2023

    Updated 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

13. 3 March 2023

    'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log' have been updated.

14. 24 January 2023

    'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log' have been updated for January.

15. 16 December 2022

    'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log' have been updated for December.

16. 28 November 2022

    'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log' have been updated.

17. 7 November 2022

    'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log' have been updated.

18. 1 November 2022

    'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log' have been updated.

19. 30 September 2022

    Added updated versions of 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'. Also added details on sources of original data on the LAIT.

20. 16 August 2022

    Added updated versions of 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

21. 6 July 2022

    Added updated versions of 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

22. 19 May 2022

    Added updated versions of 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

23. 7 April 2022

    Added updated versions of 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

24. 3 March 2022

    Added updated versions of 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

25. 21 December 2021

    Added updated versions of 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

26. 25 November 2021

    Added updated versions of 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

27. 12 November 2021

    Updated version log attached.

28. 5 November 2021

    Added an updated version of the local authority interactive tool.

29. 5 August 2021

    Added updated versions of 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

30. 8 July 2021

    Added updated versions of 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

31. 21 May 2021

    Added updated versions of 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

32. 20 April 2021

    Added updated versions of 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

33. 1 April 2021

    Added updated versions of 'Local authority interactive tool', 'Local authority interactive tool: user guide', 'Local authority interactive tool: version log' and 'Children's services statistical neighbour benchmarking tool'.

34. 2 March 2021

    Updated LAIT tool and version log.

35. 2 February 2021

    Updated LAIT tool and version log.

36. 8 January 2021

    Updated LAIT tool and version log.

37. 17 December 2020

    Updated LAIT tool and version log.

38. 8 October 2020

    Updated LAIT tool and version log.

39. 11 September 2020

    Updated LAIT tool and version log.

40. 4 August 2020

    Updated LAIT tool and version log.

41. 3 July 2020

    Updated LAIT tool and version log.

42. 14 May 2020

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

43. 23 April 2020

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

44. 9 April 2020

    Updated local authority interactive tool (LAIT), and LAIT version log.

45. 5 March 2020

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

46. 17 February 2020

    Added updated versions of 'Local authority interactive tool', 'Local authority interactive tool: user guide' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

47. 31 January 2020

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log. Added a link to a survey to help us understand how you use LAIT and related data sets and tools.

48. 20 December 2019

    Replaced the 'local authority interactive tool' and version log documents with updated versions.

49. 20 November 2019

    Updated tool with corrected 2019 data for percentage of child protection re-referrals within 12 months.

50. 5 November 2019

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

51. 29 October 2019

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

52. 7 October 2019

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

53. 20 September 2019

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

54. 30 July 2019

    Replaced all 4 documents with updated versions.

55. 9 July 2019

    Replaced the local authority interactive tool and log files with updated versions.

56. 14 June 2019

    Updated LAIT tool and version log.

57. 26 April 2019

    Attached updated versions of the local authority interactive tool (LAIT) and version log.

58. 11 April 2019

    Updated LAIT tool and version log.

59. 22 March 2019

    Added information about the review of statistical neighbour groupings.

60. 19 March 2019

    Updated LAIT tool and version log.

61. 5 March 2019

    Updated LAIT and version log.

62. 30 January 2019

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

63. 19 December 2018

    Updated LAIT tool and version log.

64. 28 November 2018

    Added a new version of the local authority interactive tool and version log.

65. 21 November 2018

    Updated documents 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'.

66. 9 November 2018

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

67. 19 October 2018

    Attached updated versions of LAIT tool and version log.

68. 15 October 2018

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

69. 11 September 2018

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

70. 7 August 2018

    Updated the LAIT tool.

71. 1 August 2018

    Updated 'Local authority interactive tool' and 'Local authority interactive tool: version log'

72. 10 July 2018

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

73. 6 June 2018

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

74. 8 May 2018

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

75. 11 April 2018

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

76. 21 February 2018

    Replaced the Local Authority Interactive Tool and version log with new versions.

77. 2 February 2018

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

78. 22 December 2017

    Updated the LAIT version log.

79. 22 December 2017

    Updated 'Local authority interactive tool' spreadsheet, following update of data from other statistical releases.

80. 10 November 2017

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

81. 5 October 2017

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

82. 8 September 2017

    Updated LAIT, the version log and user guide.

83. 24 August 2017

    Updated tool and version log.

84. 7 July 2017

    Updated tool and version log.

85. 16 June 2017

    Updated tool and version log.

86. 3 April 2017

    Updated the tool and version log.

87. 28 February 2017

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

88. 10 February 2017

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

89. 8 February 2017

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

90. 1 February 2017

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

91. 20 December 2016

    Replaced the LAIT tool and version log with December documents.

92. 29 November 2016

    New version of the local authority interactive tool. See the version log to find out what data has changed.

93. 11 November 2016

    Updated tool and version log.

94. 24 October 2016

    Updated tool and version log.

95. 20 October 2016

    Updated the LAIT tool and version log.

96. 4 October 2016

    Updates to the LAIT tool and version log.

97. 6 September 2016

    Updated tool and version log.

98. 29 July 2016

    Updated the LAIT and version log to include percentage of pupils with special educational needs (SEN), dedicated schools grant, pupil premium, child death reviews, 'ForeverFSM6' (free school meals) and permanent/fixed period exclusions.

99. 12 July 2016

    Updated tool and version log.

100. 4 July 2016

     Updated tool and version log.

101. 26 May 2016

     Updated tool and version log.

102. 10 May 2016

     Updated tool and version log.

103. 11 April 2016

     Updated tool and version log.

104. 7 April 2016

     Updated tool and version log.

105. 11 March 2016

     Updated tool and version log.

106. 26 February 2016

     Updated tool and version log.

107. 28 January 2016

     Updated tool and version log.

108. 7 January 2016

     Updated tool and version log.

109. 16 December 2015

     Updated tool and version log.

110. 1 December 2015

     Updated tool and version log.

111. 23 November 2015

     Updated tool and version log.

112. 10 November 2015

     Updated tool and version log.

113. 23 October 2015

     Updated tool and version log.

114. 19 October 2015

     Updated tool and version log.

115. 14 October 2015

     Updated tool and version log.

116. 9 October 2015

     Updated tool and version log.

117. 5 October 2015

     Updated tool and version log.

118. 8 September 2015

     Updated tool and version log.

119. 2 September 2015

     Updated tool and version log.

120. 4 August 2015

     Updated tool and version log.

121. 13 July 2015

     Updated tool and version log.

122. 30 June 2015

     Updated tool and version log.

123. 16 June 2015

     Updated tool.

124. 15 June 2015

     Updated tool and version log.

125. 21 May 2015

     Updated tool and version log.

126. 19 May 2015

     Updated LAIT, user guide and version log.

127. 2 March 2015

     Updated tool and version log.

128. 10 February 2015

     Updated tool and version log.

129. 4 February 2015

     Updated LAIT, user guide and version log.

130. 21 January 2015

     Updated the local authority interactive tool and version log documents.

131. 14 January 2015

     Updated the local authority interactive tool and version log documents.

132. 18 December 2014

     Updated the local authority interactive tool and version log documents.

133. 27 November 2014

     Updated the local authority interactive tool and version log documents.

134. 5 November 2014

     Added updated version of the local authority interactive tool and the version log.

135. 23 October 2014

     Updated tool and version log.

136. 3 October 2014

     Updated LAIT, user guide and version log.

137. 15 September 2014

     Updated tool and version log.

138. 3 September 2014

     Revised tool and version log.

139. 8 August 2014

     Revised tool and version log.

140. 4 August 2014

     Tool updated.

141. 2 July 2014

     Tool revised.

142. 30 June 2014

     Revised the local authority interactive tool (LAIT) and updated the version log.

143. 20 May 2014

     Tool revised

144. 28 April 2014

     Tool revised.

145. 9 April 2014

     Tool revised.

146. 10 March 2014

     Tool revised.

147. 3 February 2014

     Tool revised.

148. 30 January 2014

     Tool updated with new data.

149. 28 January 2014

     First published.