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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.
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.
How the government is reviewing support for children in need in order to support them and improve their outcomes.
Call for evidence for what works in improving the educational outcomes of children in need.
Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the year ending 31 March 2022.
Guide for local authorities submitting children in need census 2024 to 2025 returns.
Guide for local authorities submitting children in need census 2023 to 2024 returns.
Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the year ending 31 March 2020.
Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the year ending 31 March 2021.
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 in need in England, including on child protection plans and referrals to and assessments completed by children's social care services. Whilst the title of the release has changed from ‘Characteristics of children in need’ to ‘Children in...
Guide for local authorities submitting children in need census 2022 to 2023 returns.
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 financial year ending March 2010.
Children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the financial year ending March 2012.
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