Research and statistics

This quarterly publication provides an overview on the performance of the Child Maintenance Service in Northern Ireland. This publication contains information up to the quarter ending September 2023.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Organisation: Department for Communities (Northern Ireland) and 1 others
• Updated: 13 December 2023

Quarterly statistics on the Child Maintenance Service to September 2023.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Child Maintenance Service statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 12 December 2023

Research looking at whether, on average, bigger childcare providers deliver childcare more cheaply.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Department for Education
• Updated: 8 December 2023

Evidence of providers’ finances from the 2022 survey of childcare and early years providers.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Department for Education
• Updated: 8 December 2023

The changing composition of families over time, comparing the fertility of women of the same age and the number of children they have had.

• Document type: National Statistics
• Organisation: Office for National Statistics
• Updated: 7 December 2023

Research into family hub models looking at local delivery models and approaches to evaluation as part of the family hubs evaluation innovation fund.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Department for Education
• Updated: 30 November 2023

A report on findings from an independent evaluation of year 1 delivery of the short breaks innovation fund.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Department for Education
• Updated: 30 November 2023

Findings from wave 1 of the Children of the 2020s (Cot20s) longitudinal study.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Department for Education
• Updated: 30 November 2023

Annual statistics on early years foundation stage profile assessments in England relating to the 7 areas of learning and the 17 early learning goals.

• Document type: National Statistics
• Part of a collection: Statistics: early years foundation stage profile
• Organisation: Department for Education
• Updated: 30 November 2023

Social care data to accompany the Ofsted Annual Report 2022/23.

• Document type: Statistical data set
• Part of a collection: Ofsted Annual Report 2022/23
• Organisation: Ofsted
• Updated: 23 November 2023

This release includes registered childcare providers and places, inspection outcomes, and joiners and leavers as at 31 August 2023.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Early years and childcare statistics and 1 others
• Organisation: Ofsted
• Updated: 17 November 2023

Information on looked after children at both national and local authority levels for the financial year 2022 to 2023.

• Document type: National Statistics
• Part of a collection: Statistics: looked-after children
• Organisation: Department for Education
• Updated: 16 November 2023

This publication presents information on the number of children on the child protection register at the end of each quarter.

• Document type: National Statistics
• Organisation: Department of Health (Northern Ireland) and 1 others
• Updated: 9 November 2023

This quarterly report presents Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) waiting times.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Organisation: Department of Health (Northern Ireland) and 1 others
• Updated: 8 November 2023

This report examines the multi-agency response to children and families who need help, using information from 5 inspections of local authority areas.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Ofsted
• Updated: 7 November 2023

Annual datasets for local authority metrics on outcomes for children at 2 to 2 and a half years as measured by the Ages and Stages Questionnaire 3 (ASQ-3).

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Organisation: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 7 November 2023

This publication presents key statistical information relating to Health Reviews for pre-school children in Northern Ireland.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Organisation: Department of Health (Northern Ireland) and 1 others
• Updated: 2 November 2023

These tables set out the number and rate of children referred for an assessment for autism and the number and rate of children diagnosed with autism each quarter.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Organisation: Department of Health (Northern Ireland) and 1 others
• Updated: 1 November 2023

Research on how likely childcare providers are to implement proposed changes to the early years foundation stage.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Department for Education
• Updated: 27 October 2023

A report evaluating the statutory EYFS 2021 reforms, aimed at improving early years outcomes for all children.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Department for Education
• Updated: 27 October 2023