Accredited official statistics

Characteristics of children in need: 2013 to 2014

Children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the financial year ending 31 March 2014.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 29 October 2014
• Last updated: 26 February 2015 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Main text: SFR43/2014

PDF, 608 KB, 16 pages

National and local authority tables: SFR43/2014

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 793 KB

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Methodology document: SFR43/2014

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Methodology document 2: SFR43/2014

PDF, 242 KB, 13 pages

Data quality and uses: SFR43/2014

PDF, 552 KB, 32 pages

Pre-release access list: SFR43/2014

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Underlying data: SFR43/2014

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Additional tables: SFR43/2014

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Details

This publication includes information on:

• children in need of social services
• children referred to social services
• assessments undertaken and primary need identified at assessment
• section 47 enquiries and initial child protection conferences
• children who were the subject of a child protection plan

All 27 tables from the publication are contained in the ‘National and local authority tables: SFR43/2014’ excel document.

We published additional tables showing figures as a result of matching the children in need census to the national pupil database (NPD) on 26 February 2015.

These tables show children in need by:

• prevalence of free school meals (FSM)
• special educational needs (SEN)
• attainment
• absence and exclusions.

Further details of the matching process and calculations included in these tables can be found in the ‘methodology document 2: SFR43/2014’ file.

Children’s services statistics team - CIN

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Telephone: Chris Gray 01325 340854

Published 29 October 2014
Last updated 26 February 2015 + show all updates

1. 26 February 2015

   Added figures as a result of matching the children in need census to the national pupil database (NPD).

2. 31 October 2014

   Underlying data added.

3. 29 October 2014

   First published.