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1/ New annual DfE stats are out on children in care and care leavers today from the SSDA903 collection.
…e-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistic…
You'll notice the new EES dashboard which makes exploring them at a glance much easier!
I wanted to share a few key things...
1/ New annual DfE stats are out on children in care and care leavers today from the SSDA903 collection.
…e-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistic…
You'll notice the new EES dashboard which makes exploring them at a glance much easier!
I wanted to share a few key things...
2/ As expected, there's been an increase in the number of children in care, up by 2% from 2019 to 80,080.
That's a little lower than the estimate (81,700) made in @ADCStweets's recent interim report: adcs.org.uk/safeguarding/a…
That's a little lower than the estimate (81,700) made in @ADCStweets's recent interim report: adcs.org.uk/safeguarding/a…
3/ Rate of growth has slowed a little - previous year-on-year increases were 4%, 4% and 3%.
But that's still continuing a consistent increase in numbers in a system at crisis point.
Since 2009, the number of children in care has increased by 31%.
But that's still continuing a consistent increase in numbers in a system at crisis point.
Since 2009, the number of children in care has increased by 31%.
