National statistics

Children's social care data in England 2018

Inspection data and information about the providers and places of children’s social care in England and inspection outcomes for local authority children’s services.

Applies to England

Documents

Children’s social care data in England 2017 to 2018: main findings

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Children’s social care data in England 2017 to 2018: charts, tables and underlying data

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Details

These statistics covering children’s social care in England are made up of:

  • main findings in HTML, PDF and Word format
  • tables, charts and individual provider-level data in Excel format

The data covers:

  • information about the number of providers of children’s social care, including the numbers of places, as at 31 March 2018
  • the most recent inspections and outcomes for all regulated and inspected children’s social care provisions, as at 31 March 2018, and published by 30 April 2018
  • outcomes for all regulated and inspected children’s social care provision inspections conducted between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018, and published by 30 April 2018
  • inspection outcomes for local authority (LA) children’s services inspections from 1 November 2013, covering all inspections published by 30 April 2018

The release combines the Ofsted official statistics on children’s homes inspections and outcomes, children’s social care (excluding children’s homes) inspections and outcomes, social care providers and places and local authority children’s services inspections and outcomes.

Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.

Published 19 July 2018
Last updated 4 February 2019 + show all updates
  1. Updated XLSM and CSV files for children's social care in England 2017 to 2018 to include an "organisation" column.

  2. First published.