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Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children's social services.
How local authorities should collect data from social care services to complete the annual children in need census.
How the government is reviewing support for children in need in order to support them and improve their outcomes.
Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the year ending 31 March 2022.
Analysis of the characteristics, experiences and outcomes of children in need.
Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the year ending 31 March 2023.
Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the year ending 31 March 2021.
Guide for local authorities submitting children in need census 2023 to 2024 returns.
Children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the year ending 31 March 2017.
A range of outcome measures at national and local authority level for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities.
Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the year ending 31 March 2020.
Guide for local authorities submitting children in need census 2022 to 2023 returns.
Children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the financial year ending March 2015.
Call for evidence for what works in improving the educational outcomes of children in need.
A range of outcome measures at national and local authority level for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England.
Children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the financial year ending March 2013.
Find out about the request for feedback and the Department for Education's response to users' feedback.
Specifications of children in need census reports that local authorities can run in COLLECT.
Children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the year ending 31 March 2018.
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