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Statistics: looked-after children

Statistics on children under local authority care at national and local authority level.

From:
Department for Education
Published
26 September 2013
Last updated
10 April 2025 鈥� See all updates

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Looked-after children

Data on the placement, legal status and number of looked-after children by financial year.

Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after

Outcomes for looked-after children

Attainment data about children continuously looked after for at least 12 months.

Updates to this page

Published 26 September 2013
Last updated 10 April 2025 show all updates

  1. Added 'Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities, in England: 2023 to 2024'.

  2. Added 'Children looked after in England including adoption: 2023 to 2024' to the 'Looked-after children' section.

  3. Added 'Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England: 2022 to 2023' to 'Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after'.

  4. Added 'Children looked after in England including adoption: 2022 to 2023'.

  5. Added 'Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities, in England: 2021 to 2022'.

  6. 'Children looked after in England including adoption: 2021 to 2022' was added.

  7. Added 'Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities, in England: 2020 to 2021'.

  8. Added 'Children looked after in England including adoption: 2020 to 2021'.

  9. Added 'Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England: 2019 to 2020'.

  10. Added Children looked after in England including adoption: 2019 to 2020. From 10 December 2020, the Department for Education will publish the 'Children looked after in England including adoption' on the Explore Education Statistics (EES) website.

  11. Removed details on how to submit feedback on proposed changes to children in need and looked after statistics - the submission deadline has now passed.

  12. Added details about the proposed changes to outcomes statistics and how users can give their feedback.

  13. Added updated Outcomes for children looked after by LAs: 31 March 2019.

  14. Added 'Outcomes for children looked after by local authorities: 31 March 2019'.

  15. Added 'Children looked after in England including adoption: 2018 to 2019'.

  16. Added 'Outcomes for children looked after by LAs: 31 March 2018'.

  17. Added 'Children looked after in England including adoption: 2017 to 2018'.

  18. Added 'Outcomes for children looked after by LAs: 31 March 2017' and statistics guidance.

  19. Added 'Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017'.

  20. Added 'Outcomes for children looked after by LAs: 31 March 2016'.

  21. Added 'Children looked after in England including adoption: 2015 to 2016'.

  22. Added 'Outcomes for children looked after by LAs: 31 March 2015'.

  23. Added 'Children looked after in England including adoption: 2014 to 2015'.

  24. Added outcomes for children looked after by local authorities statistics.

  25. Added 'Children looked after in England, including adoption' (2013 to 2014) document.

  26. Outcomes for children looked after by LAs in England added to the collection.

  27. First published.

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