Characteristics of children in need: 2012 to 2013
Children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the financial year ending March 2013.
Applies to England
Documents
Details
The ‘Characteristics of Children in Need’ publication contains figures on the numbers of children referred to and assessed by children’s social services. It includes information on:
- the characteristics of children in need
- children who were the subject of a child protection plan for the year ending March 2013
All 24 tables from the publication are contained in the ‘SFR45/2013: Main tables’ excel document.
Additional analysis of children in need by characteristics available through matching to the national pupil database (NPD) was published on 27 February 2014.
This analysis includes local authority and national information on:
- matching rates
- prevalence of special educational needs and free school meals
- attainment at key stage 2, key stage 4, and progression between these key stages
- absence and exclusion rates all for children in need
The figures also include absence levels for children in need who were also subject to a child protection plan.
The tables from this additional analysis are contained in the ‘SFR45/2013: Additional tables’ excel document. Further details of the matching process and calculations included in these tables can be found in the accompanying methodology document ‘SFR45/2013: Methodology document 2’.
Contact details
Alison Butler
01325 735 419
Last updated 17 July 2014 + show all updates
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Change of contact details
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Pre-release access list updated.
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Added tables covering analysis of the 2012 to 2013 children in need census matched to the national pupil database
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First published.