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Children looked after: a focus on placement location

Information on children looked after in England who are placed out of area, their characteristics and associated outcomes, for the year ending 31 March 2024.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 17 November 2025

Applies to England

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Children looked after: a focus on placement location

https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-a-focus-on-placement-location/2024

Details

This analysis has been produced to provide additional insight into placements for children looked after outside the local authority boundary.

It includes data by:

• placement locality
• placement type
• child characteristics

Published 17 November 2025