Explore Education Statistics data set Absence from Outcomes of children in need, including looked after children

A new publication initially focussing on the educational outcomes for looked after children, with the aim of including the lifelong learning, health and justice outcomes for looked after children in future years. Source agency: Scottish Government Designation: Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Outcomes for Looked After Children

Publication focussing on the educational outcomes for looked after children.

Source agency: Scottish Government

Designation: Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Educational Outcomes for Scotland's Looked After Children

Explore Education Statistics data set Key Stage 4 (KS4) from Outcomes of children in need, including looked after children

This publication covers a range of outcome indicators for children who have been continuously looked after for at least 12 months in England.

Source agency: Education

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Looked after children in England for the year ending 31 March.

Numbers and rates per 10,000 children aged under 18 years.

Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short-term placements.

Historical data may differ from older publications. This is mainly due to the implementation of amendments and corrections sent by some local authorities after the publication date of previous materials.

Further DFE children in care performance tables are available for local authorities. Data relating to the outcomes of looked after children are also available from the DFE link.

Numbers of children looked after for at least twelve months, and general information about their education. Eligibility and performance of looked after children in Key Stage 3 tasks and tests, compared with all children. GCSE (or equivalent) performance of looked-after children in year 11 compared with all children. Education and employment status at 30 September 2004 of looked-after children in Year 11 in 2003/2004 school year, compared with all children. Development assessments of pre-school looked-after children.

Source: Department for Education and Skills (DfES)

Publisher: Department for Children Schools and Families (DCSF)

Geographies: County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR)

Geographic coverage: England

Time coverage: 2003 to 2006

Type of data: Administrative data

Children looked after at 31 March for at least 12 months, by OC2 indicators. These are:Whether the child was convicted or subject to youth cautions, or youth conditional cautions during the yearWhether the child was identified as having a substance misuse problem, and if so, if they were offered an intervention and if they refused itWhether the child had their annual health assessmentWhether the child had their immunisations up to dateWhether the child had their teeth checked by a dentistIf the child is under 5 years whether their development assessments are up to dateInformation on Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) scores Data formerly in tables I1 , I2, I3, I4, I5a and I5b.Footnotes:1. Figures include children who have been continuously looked after for at least 12 months as at 31 March and exclude children who were looked after under an agreed series of short term placements. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Age is as at 31 March.2. Offending totals include a small number of children for whom offending data is not known (less than 10 each year). Latest available comparable offending figures from the Ministry of Justice for all children are for 2017 where 1% of all children aged 10-17 years were convicted or subject to youth cautions, or youth conditional cautions during the year.3. Substance misuse is defined as 'intoxication by (or regular excessive consumption and/or dependence on) psychoactive substances, leading to social, psychological, physical or legal problems'. It includes problematic use of both legal and illegal drugs (including alcohol when used in conjunction with other substances). The term 'drug' is used to refer to any psychotropic substance, including illegal drugs, illicit use of prescription drugs and volatile substances. Young people's drug taking is often inextricably linked with the consumption of alcohol. Therefore the term 'substance' refers to both drugs and alcohol but not tobacco.4. Immunisations were up to date by end of March. 'Up to date' means the child has had all immunisations that a child of their age should have received, according to the immunisations timetable produced by the Department of Health.5. 'Teeth checked by dentist' records whether the child has had their teeth checked by a dentist in the year ending 31 March6. 'Had annual health assessment' records whether the child received their annual health assessment from a doctor or other suitably qualified professional during the year. Both assessments must be carried out for under fives (once in every six months before the child's fifth birthday). For fives and over a single assessment fulfils the requirement.7. Development assessment information is collected for children aged 4 or younger at 31 March who were looked after continuously for at least 12 months. This measures whether the child's health surveillance or health promotion checks were up to date.8. Average SDQ scores have been rounded to the nearest whole number but are rounded to one decimal place in the underlying data file. An SDQ score is required of all children aged 4-16 on the date of last assessment. Date of assessment is not collected so data in this table is restricted to children aged 5 to 16 years. A higher score indicates more emotional difficulties. 0-13 is considered normal, 14-16 is borderline cause for concern and 17-40 is cause for concern.

Information on the educational attainment, special educational needs, absence and exclusions of children looked after is obtained through matching children looked after data with data in the national pupil database each year. Data are available at individual child level.

Children who are 'looked after' by the State are considered one of the most vulnerable groups in society. Being in State care is associated with poor social, educational and health outcomes. Exploring how to improve the system and better support children in care is key to improving these outcomes. When children and young people come to the attention of children's social services a significant amount of information about their care experience is routinely collected by local authorities. In Wales, routine data are captured in the 'Children Looked After' Census which is submitted annually to the Welsh Government.

This dataset is a subset of the primary Looked After Children in Wales (LACW) dataset, and contains information relating to all children who ceased to be looked after if they were aged 16 years or older at the time of care ending. Other subsets include: Looked After Children Adoption (LACA); Looked After Children Birthday 19 (LACB: 1999 - 2016); and Looked after Children - Education Qualifications (LACE). LACE was discontinued in 2016 (1999 - 2016) and included within LACW.

Due to the small number of looked after children with an Anonymised Linkage Field (ALF, 37%), a two-stage algorithm was developed. This algorithm utilises other datasets within SAIL to allocate children within the LACW ALF, increasing the overall ALF match rate to 61%. The improved ALF matches are available in the LAC ALF DERIVED table, part of the LACW dataset, and can be obtained by combined the SYSTEM_ID and LOCAL_AUTHORITY_CODE.

Children who are 'looked after' by the State are considered one of the most vulnerable groups in society. Being in State care is associated with poor social, educational and health outcomes. Exploring how to improve the system and better support children in care is key to improving these outcomes. When children and young people come to the attention of children's social services a significant amount of information about their care experience is routinely collected by local authorities. In Wales, routine data are captured in the 'Children Looked After' Census which is submitted annually to the Welsh Government.

The dataset LACB includes all care leavers who turned 19 years old between 1st April 2002 and 31st March 2016. There are no updates past March 2016. It is a subset of the primary Looked After Children in Wales (LACW) dataset. Other subsets include: Looked After Children Adoption (LACA); Looked After Children Care Leavers aged 16 and over (LACC); and Looked after Children - Education Qualifications (LACE). LACE was discontinued in 2016 (1999 - 2016) and included within LACW.

Due to the small number of looked after children with an Anonymised Linkage Field (ALF, 37%), a two-stage algorithm was developed. This algorithm utilises other datasets within SAIL to allocate children within the LACW ALF, increasing the overall ALF match rate to 61%. The improved ALF matches are available in the LAC ALF DERIVED table, part of the LACW dataset, and can be obtained by combined the SYSTEM_ID and LOCAL_AUTHORITY_CODE.

Please note: the LACB dataset is static and is no longer refreshed.

Children who are 'looked after' by the State are considered one of the most vulnerable groups in society. Being in State care is associated with poor social, educational and health outcomes. Exploring how to improve the system and better support children in care is key to improving these outcomes. When children and young people come to the attention of children's social services a significant amount of information about their care experience is routinely collected by local authorities. In Wales, routine data are captured in the 'Children Looked After' Census which is submitted annually to the Welsh Government. This dataset includes details of all adoptions of looked after children in Wales.

This dataset is a subset of the primary Looked After Children in Wales (LACW) dataset. Other subsets include: Looked After Children Care Leavers aged 16 and over (LACC); Looked After Children Birthday 19 (LACB: 1999 - 2016); and Looked after Children - Education Qualifications (LACE). LACE was discontinued in 2016 (1999 - 2016) and included within LACW.

Due to the small number of looked after children with an Anonymised Linkage Field (ALF, 37%), a two-stage algorithm was developed. This algorithm utilises other datasets within SAIL to allocate children within the LACW ALF, increasing the overall ALF match rate to 61%. The improved ALF matches are available in the LAC ALF DERIVED table, part of the LACW dataset, and can be obtained by combined the SYSTEM_ID and LOCAL_AUTHORITY_CODE.

This statistical bulletin presents information on children and young people looked after continuously for at least 12 months at 30 September, gathered from Health & Social Care Trusts. It details findings from the annual OC2 collection of information on the educational achievements of these young people at Key Stage Assessments, and GCSE/GNVQ. It also includes information on their age and gender, religion, disability, length of time in care, placement type, offences and convictions, and health assessments completed.

Source agency: Health, Social Service and Public Safety (Northern Ireland)

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: OC2

Special educational need (SEN) and primary type of SEN for children in need (excluding children on a child protection plan and children looked after), children on a child protection plan (excluding children looked after) and children looked after.

Routine Department for Education data collated. (XLSX 28 kb)