The Children in Care and Adoption Performance Tables (updated 22 December 2011) show, against 15 key indicators, how each local authority is performing. The data we have used is already available. We want the tables to help generate debate, discussion and, above, all action. We’ll be updating the tables as new data becomes available. And we will be talking to local authorities and other partners about how the tables can be developed and extended.
A table is provided for each of the indicators mainly based on a three year rolling average. Where available, data are provided for 2008-09 to 2010-11, otherwise data are for 2007-08 to 2009-10. The only exceptions are the indicators on absence from school and schools performing below the floor target for which only two years and one year of data are available.
Percentages have been rounded to whole numbers but where the numerator was five or less the denominator was 10 or less, they have been suppressed and replaced by a cross (x). It has been necessary to suppress other figures whenever it would be possible to calculate the value of a suppressed number by means of simple arithmetic with data from other publications. Percentages have been derived from unrounded numerator and denominator figures.
The key sources of additional contextual data on looked after children are:
- Children Looked After by Local Authorities in England (including adoption and care leavers) - year ending 31 March 2011.
- Outcomes for Children Looked After by Local Authorities in England, as at 31 March 2011.
Final data for 2011 will be published in spring 2012.
