Accredited official statistics

Characteristics of children in need: 2015 to 2016

Children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the year ending 31 March 2016.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 3 November 2016
• Last updated: 23 March 2017 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Main text: SFR52/2016

PDF, 556 KB, 13 pages

Main tables: SFR52/2016

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 727 KB

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Methodology document: SFR52/2016

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Data quality and uses: SFR52/2016

PDF, 159 KB, 13 pages

Underlying data: SFR52/2016

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Pre-release access list: SFR52/2016

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Outcomes tables: SFR52/2016

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Outcomes methodology document: SFR52/2016

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Outcomes pre-release access list: SFR52/2016

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Details

This statistical first release (SFR) includes information on:

• children in need of social services
• children referred to social services
• assessments undertaken and primary need at first assessment
• section 47 enquiries (a local authority carries out one of these if they suspect a child is suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm) and initial child protection conferences
• children who were the subject of a child protection plan

It is based on child-level data collected via the children in need census.

The outcomes tables show figures that result from matching the children in need census to the national pupil database (NPD). These tables show children in need by:

• free school meals (FSM)
• special educational needs (SEN)
• attainment
• absence
• exclusions

The outcomes methodology document explains the matching process and calculations used in these tables.

Children’s services statistics team - CIN

Email CIN.Stats@education.gov.uk

Telephone: Chris Gray 01325 340854

Published 3 November 2016
Last updated 23 March 2017 + show all updates

1. 23 March 2017

   Added outcomes tables showing figures that result from matching the children in need census to the national pupil database (NPD).

2. 3 November 2016

   First published.