Children’s social care data in England (CSCDE)

Measures describe a question asked to a participant during a survey or an item of information requested from a manager when they fill out a data return. For example, ‘Who do you live with?’ is a measure and the possible responses might be, mother, father, brother, sister etc.

Question/Data item wording	Response scale wording	Need OR provision OR receipt	Description of measure	Start Year	Age of interest	Age to	Informant	Multiple rater	Reporting term	Sweep title	Standard instrument	Dataset
Overall effectiveness of children’s social care service	Outstanding Good Requires improvement to be good Inadequate	Provision;	Effectiveness - children's social care service	2014	0-18	18	Data manager	No	Current	Children’s social care data in England rolling data collection	No	CSCDE
Impact of leaders of children’s social care service	Outstanding Good Requires improvement to be good Inadequate	Provision;	Impact - leaders - children's social care service	2014	0-18	18	Data manager	No	Current	Children’s social care data in England rolling data collection	No	CSCDE
Experiences and progress of children who need help and protection in children’s social care service	Outstanding Good Requires improvement to be good Inadequate	Provision;	Experiences/progress children who need help/protection in services	2014	0-18	18	Data manager	No	Current	Children’s social care data in England rolling data collection	No	CSCDE
Experiences and progress of children in care in children’s social care service	Outstanding Good Requires improvement to be good Inadequate	Provision;	Experiences/progress - children in social care service	2014	0-18	18	Data manager	No	Current	Children’s social care data in England rolling data collection	No	CSCDE
Experiences and progress of care leavers of children’s social care service	Outstanding Good Requires improvement to be good Inadequate	Provision;	Experiences/progress leavers children's services	2014	0-18	18	Data manager	No	Current	Children’s social care data in England rolling data collection	No	CSCDE
Inspection/Visit type of children’s social care service	ILACS Focused Visit ILACS Short Inspection ILACS Standard Inspection LA Monitoring visit	Provision;	Inspection/Visit type - children's social care service	2014	0-18	18	Data manager	No	Current	Children’s social care data in England rolling data collection	No	CSCDE
Provision type of children’s social care service	Boarding School Residential special school (registered as a children’s home) Children’s home Independent Fostering Agency Voluntary Adoption Agency Residential Family Centre Adoption Support Agency Children’s home Further Education College with Residential Accommodation Secure children’s home	Provision;	Provision type of children's social care service	2014	0-18	18	Data manager	No	Current	Children’s social care data in England rolling data collection	No	CSCDE
How well children and young people are helped and protected at children’s social care service	Outstanding Good Requires improvement to be good Inadequate	Provision;	How well children/young people protected - services	2014	0-18	18	Data manager	No	Current	Children’s social care data in England rolling data collection	No	CSCDE
The effectiveness of leaders and managers at children’s social care service	Outstanding Good Requires improvement to be good Inadequate	Provision;	Effectiveness - leaders/managers - children's social care services	2014	0-18	18	Data manager	No	Current	Children’s social care data in England rolling data collection	No	CSCDE

England

Aims

Inspection data and information about the providers and places of children’s social care in England as well as inspections and inspection outcomes.

Institution

Ofsted

Geographic coverage - Nations

England;

Start date

2013

Minimum age at recruitment

Sample Size

10,818

Sample

Study design

Service inspection

Sample details

Ofsted inspection outcomes for local authority (LA) children’s services inspections

Sex

All

Sample Characteristics

Social care providers

Sample size at most recent sweep

10818 homes at most recent sweep

Individual data available (e.g. upon special request)?

Yes

Data Access Level

Fully open source

Data Access

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childrens-social-care-data-in-england-2023

Regional variable present?

No

Local Authority variable present?

Yes

Complementary Data

None

Genetic Data Collected

Linked Data

None

HDR UK Innovation Gateway

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childrens-social-care-data-in-england-2023/main-findings-childrens-social-care-in-england-2023

Overview