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Report providing an overview of the methodology for data analysis strand and an outline of the core sample of children and young people.
Statistics from Ofsted on inspections of local authority children’s services in England.
Reports exploring how to reduce social workers’ workload.
This annual publication details statistical information on children adopted from care in Northern Ireland.
A study of the local authority response to homeless children and young people.
This provides an overview of the performance of the Child Maintenance Service in Northern Ireland and contains information up to the quarter ending June 2025.
This article presents analysis undertaken in collaboration with Loughborough University examining the bi-directional relationship between a child’s mental ill health and their absence from school.
A report into the drivers of confidence in maternal care services in England to gain evidence from ethnic minority women on their experiences of using maternal care services.
Annual live births, stillbirths, maternities, and fertility rates in England and Wales by factors including parent age, parent country of birth, ethnicity, deprivation, gestational age and birthweight.
This publication presents information on the number of children on the child protection register at the end of each quarter.
Survey findings on the eating and drinking habits of children aged 16 to 18 months in England.
Complaints and notifications relating to registered early years providers over the past 5 years.
Inspection data and information about the providers and places of children’s social care in England as well as inspections and inspection outcomes from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.
Annual January statistics on children under 5 registered for government funded entitlements in England, and on providers and staff delivering them.
Findings from the 2024 survey of parents on childcare and early years.
An evaluation report with the early findings on how the families first for children pathfinder programme has been implemented and delivered.
Conception counts and conception rates for women usually resident in England and Wales by age and local authority. Includes percentage of conceptions that lead to abortion.
Developing the evidence base for family hubs – how local authorities that did not have a family hub model could manage the transition to one.
The impact of early education at ages 2 to 11 on child outcomes as part of the study of early education and development (SEED).
A range of outcome measures at national and local authority level for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities.
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