Attainment 8 of children in need by council, England

The average Attainment 8 score of pupils at the end of key stage 4 who are children in need, on a child protection plan or looked after, in each of England's councils with children's services, with the regions and England, from the DfE.

England

17.3

2024/25 · Children in need: average Attainment 8 score

Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:18 UTC

Attainment 8 of children in need by council, England

Source: Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

In order

Ranked by the hub 2024/25

Every place, the highest figure first. The number before each is the hub's own position in the list, not the publisher's: equal figures share one, marked =.

Children in need: average Attainment 8 score

1Barking and Dagenham27.5
2Ealing27.4
3Bracknell Forest26.5
4Wokingham25.6
=5Kingston upon Thames25.4
=5Tower Hamlets25.4
7Hammersmith and Fulham24.9
8Barnet24.7
=9Merton23.9
=9Newham23.9
11Trafford22.9
12Cheshire East22.7
13Gloucestershire22.6
14Bromley22.4
15Waltham Forest22.3
=16Leeds21.9
=16Rotherham21.9
18Halton21.8
=19Wandsworth21.7
=19Warrington21.7
21West Berkshire21.5
22Westminster21.3
=23Lambeth21
=23North Somerset21
=23Tameside21
26Hackney20.8
27Cornwall20.7
=28Hampshire20.5
=28Peterborough20.5
30Southwark20.4
31Lewisham20.3
32Solihull20.2
33Bolton20.1
34Brent19.9
35Leicestershire19.8
=36Blackburn with Darwen19.7
=36Redcar and Cleveland19.7
=36Windsor and Maidenhead19.7
39Oldham19.6
40Doncaster19.5
41Slough19.3
42Hillingdon19.2
=43Islington19.1
=43Thurrock19.1
=45Kirklees19
=45Sunderland19
47Wolverhampton18.8
=48Kensington and Chelsea18.7
=48Sefton18.7
=48York18.7
51Sheffield, its area before 1 April 202518.6
52Bradford18.5
53Worcestershire18.4
54Haringey18.3
=55Bristol, City of18.2
=55Devon18.2
=55Harrow18.2
=55Kingston upon Hull, City of18.2
=59Kent18
=59Warwickshire18
61East Riding of Yorkshire17.9
62Hounslow17.8
=63Nottinghamshire17.6
=63Sutton17.6
=63West Sussex17.6
=66Coventry17.5
=66Sandwell17.5
68Gateshead17.4
=69Liverpool17.3
=69Salford17.3
71Luton17.2
72Hartlepool17.1
73Wigan17
74Wirral16.9
75Wakefield16.7
=76Central Bedfordshire16.6
=76North Lincolnshire16.6
=78Birmingham16.5
=78Croydon16.5
=78Manchester16.5
=78Wiltshire16.5
=82Milton Keynes16.4
=82Nottingham16.4
=82Rochdale16.4
=82Surrey16.4
=86East Sussex16.3
=86Staffordshire16.3
=86Stockton-on-Tees16.3
=89Dudley16.1
=89Greenwich16.1
=89Havering16.1
92North Northamptonshire16
=93Bexley15.8
=93Buckinghamshire15.8
=93Cheshire West and Chester15.8
=93Medway15.8
=97Camden15.7
=97Oxfordshire15.7
=99Calderdale15.6
=99Richmond upon Thames15.6
=101Lancashire15.5
=101North Tyneside15.5
=103Derbyshire15.3
=103Isle of Wight15.3
=105Derby15.2
=105Herefordshire, County of15.2
=105Lincolnshire15.2
=108Barnsley, its area before 1 April 202515
=108Somerset15
=108Swindon15
111South Gloucestershire14.9
112Bury14.8
=113Newcastle upon Tyne14.6
=113South Tyneside14.6
115Cumberland14.5
=116Reading14.3
=116Torbay14.3
118Telford and Wrekin14.2
119Bedford13.9
=120Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole13.8
=120Plymouth13.8
122County Durham13.7
=123Middlesbrough13.6
=123Stockport13.6
125North Yorkshire13.5
126Norfolk13.4
127Redbridge13.3
128Suffolk13.1
129North East Lincolnshire13
=130Southend-on-Sea12.9
=130West Northamptonshire12.9
132Walsall12.6
133Portsmouth12.5
=134Blackpool12.4
=134Brighton and Hove12.4
136Knowsley12.3
137Hertfordshire12.2
138Cambridgeshire11.8
=139Darlington11.5
=139Stoke-on-Trent11.5
141St. Helens11.2
142Bath and North East Somerset11.1
143Southampton11
144Westmorland and Furness10.4
145Northumberland10
146Shropshire9.8
147Essex9.5
148Enfield7

No figure published for Barnsley, City of London, Dorset, Isles of Scilly, Leicester, Rutland, Sheffield.

On a child protection plan: average Attainment 8 score

1Gateshead37.1
2Barnet36.9
3Derby36.1
4Harrow33.1
5Newham30.2
6Redbridge29.6
7North Northamptonshire27.9
8Isle of Wight26.6
9Trafford26.4
10Luton26.3
11Salford26.1
12Brent25.8
13Buckinghamshire25.3
14Wigan25.2
15Wokingham25
16Stoke-on-Trent24.5
17Tower Hamlets24.4
=18Kirklees24
=18Walsall24
20Redcar and Cleveland23.7
21South Gloucestershire23.1
22Sutton22.8
=23Northumberland22.7
=23Warrington22.7
25Merton22.6
26Hertfordshire22.4
27Islington22.3
=28Hillingdon22.2
=28Thurrock22.2
=30Cumberland21.8
=30Southwark21.8
32Gloucestershire21.6
=33Barking and Dagenham21.5
=33Leicester21.5
=35Hammersmith and Fulham21.4
=35Westmorland and Furness21.4
37Hackney21
=38Birmingham20.8
=38Lambeth20.8
40Richmond upon Thames20.4
41Ealing20
=42Sunderland19.1
=42Wakefield19.1
44Tameside19
45Havering18.7
46Doncaster18.6
47Bracknell Forest18.5
48County Durham18.3
=49Cheshire East18.2
=49Liverpool18.2
51Leeds18
=52Lancashire17.8
=52York17.8
54West Northamptonshire17.6
=55Bristol, City of17.3
=55Somerset17.3
57Sefton17.1
58Surrey16.9
59Stockton-on-Tees16.8
60Sandwell16.7
=61Essex16.6
=61Lincolnshire16.6
63Devon16.5
64Manchester16.4
65Plymouth16.1
=66Enfield16
=66Leicestershire16
68Greenwich15.9
=69Brighton and Hove15.8
=69Bromley15.8
=69Swindon15.8
72Hampshire15.6
=73Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole15.4
=73Oldham15.4
75Cambridgeshire15.2
76Rochdale15
77Bury14.6
78Slough14.5
79Kingston upon Hull, City of14.4
=80Blackburn with Darwen14.2
=80East Sussex14.2
=80Nottinghamshire14.2
=83Staffordshire13.9
=83Stockport13.9
=85Cornwall13.7
=85West Berkshire13.7
87Derbyshire13.6
88Wiltshire13.5
89Bolton13.4
90Knowsley13.3
91Kent13.2
92Lewisham12.9
=93Medway12.7
=93Worcestershire12.7
95Waltham Forest12.5
96Norfolk12.4
=97Coventry12.3
=97Solihull12.3
=99Sheffield, its area before 1 April 202512.1
=99West Sussex12.1
101Cheshire West and Chester12
=102Milton Keynes11.9
=102Oxfordshire11.9
=102Warwickshire11.9
=102Wirral11.9
106Peterborough11.8
107North Somerset11.7
108North Yorkshire11.5
109Blackpool11.4
110St. Helens11.2
111Hartlepool10.9
=112Bexley10.8
=112Southampton10.8
114Rotherham10.5
115Newcastle upon Tyne9.9
=116Barnsley, its area before 1 April 20259.8
=116Reading9.8
118Bradford9.6
119Suffolk9.5
120Southend-on-Sea9.4
121Haringey9
122Dorset8.2
123Halton8
124Wolverhampton7.6
125Croydon7.4
126Bedford6.8
127Middlesbrough6.4
128North Lincolnshire5.8
129East Riding of Yorkshire4.3
130Torbay2.7
131Central Bedfordshire2.4

Places with no figure published

Barnsley, Bath and North East Somerset, Calderdale, Camden, City of London, Darlington, Dudley, Herefordshire, County of, Hounslow, Isles of Scilly, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston upon Thames, North East Lincolnshire, North Tyneside, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Rutland, Sheffield, Shropshire, South Tyneside, Telford and Wrekin, Wandsworth, Westminster, Windsor and Maidenhead.

Looked after for 12 months: average Attainment 8 score

1Harrow31.9
2Westmorland and Furness29
3Wandsworth27.8
4Windsor and Maidenhead27.3
5Enfield27.1
6Sandwell26
7Herefordshire, County of25.5
8Warrington25.1
9Waltham Forest24.8
10Haringey24.2
=11Tower Hamlets23.7
=11Wolverhampton23.7
13Luton23.4
=14Brent23.2
=14Shropshire23.2
16Rochdale22.9
=17Hillingdon22.7
=17Medway22.7
19Croydon22.5
20Peterborough22.2
=21Kirklees21.5
=21Leeds21.5
23Newcastle upon Tyne21.3
=24Cambridgeshire21.2
=24South Gloucestershire21.2
26Bexley21
27Isle of Wight20.8
28Barking and Dagenham20.7
=29Birmingham20.6
=29Portsmouth20.6
31West Northamptonshire20.4
32Southwark20.3
33Newham20.2
34Darlington20.1
35Islington20
=36Knowsley19.9
=36Southampton19.9
=38Lincolnshire19.8
=38Nottingham19.8
=40Dudley19.7
=40Hammersmith and Fulham19.7
=40Trafford19.7
=40Wigan19.7
=44Buckinghamshire19.4
=44Stoke-on-Trent19.4
=46Ealing19.1
=46Hackney19.1
=46Northumberland19.1
=49Kingston upon Hull, City of19
=49Stockport19
=51Bedford18.9
=51North Tyneside18.9
=51Oldham18.9
=51Redcar and Cleveland18.9
55Cheshire East18.8
56Swindon18.7
57Hounslow18.6
58Thurrock18.5
=59Cornwall18.3
=59Lewisham18.3
=61Sefton18.2
=61Stockton-on-Tees18.2
=61Wirral18.2
=64Rotherham18.1
=64Westminster18.1
=66Coventry18
=66Lambeth18
=66Leicestershire18
=69Solihull17.9
=69Telford and Wrekin17.9
=71Plymouth17.7
=71Wiltshire17.7
73Bury17.6
=74Greenwich17.5
=74Halton17.5
=74Leicester17.5
=74Middlesbrough17.5
78Lancashire17.4
=79Blackpool17.3
=79Tameside17.3
=79Worcestershire17.3
=82Hampshire17.2
=82Staffordshire17.2
=84Bracknell Forest17.1
=84Kent17.1
=84Redbridge17.1
87Havering17
88Manchester16.9
89Cumberland16.8
90Essex16.7
=91Liverpool16.6
=91Wakefield16.6
93Salford16.5
94Hertfordshire16.4
=95Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole16.3
=95County Durham16.3
=95Sunderland16.3
=98Blackburn with Darwen16.2
=98Cheshire West and Chester16.2
=100Barnet16.1
=100East Sussex16.1
=102Bolton15.9
=102East Riding of Yorkshire15.9
=102Reading15.9
=102Southend-on-Sea15.9
=106Derby15.7
=106Milton Keynes15.7
=108Derbyshire15.6
=108Devon15.6
=108Doncaster15.6
111Norfolk15.5
112South Tyneside15.4
113North Somerset15.3
114Bromley15.2
=115Bradford15.1
=115Torbay15.1
=117Suffolk15
=117West Sussex15
119Gateshead14.9
120Nottinghamshire14.8
=121Calderdale14.6
=121Surrey14.6
=121Sutton14.6
124Oxfordshire14.4
125West Berkshire14.3
126York14.2
127Walsall14
=128Bath and North East Somerset13.8
=128Bristol, City of13.8
=128Wokingham13.8
131Gloucestershire13.7
132Sheffield, its area before 1 April 202513.6
=133Barnsley, its area before 1 April 202513.5
=133Warwickshire13.5
135Dorset13.4
136Hartlepool12.6
137Merton12.4
138Central Bedfordshire12.3
139Somerset11.8
140Slough11.7
141Brighton and Hove11.5
142St. Helens11.1
143North Lincolnshire10.8
144Camden10.2
145Kingston upon Thames9.7
146North East Lincolnshire9.4
147North Yorkshire9.1
148Kensington and Chelsea5.8
149Richmond upon Thames5.5

No figure published for Barnsley, City of London, Isles of Scilly, North Northamptonshire, Rutland, Sheffield.

Data table

163 rows

Area	Children in need: average Attainment 8 score	On a child protection plan: average Attainment 8 score	Looked after for 12 months: average Attainment 8 score
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	27.5	21.5	20.7
Ealing E09000009	27.4	20	19.1
Bracknell Forest E06000036	26.5	18.5	17.1
Wokingham E06000041	25.6	25	13.8
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	25.4	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	9.7
Tower Hamlets E09000030	25.4	24.4	23.7
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	24.9	21.4	19.7
Barnet E09000003	24.7	36.9	16.1
Merton E09000024	23.9	22.6	12.4
Newham E09000025	23.9	30.2	20.2
Trafford E08000009	22.9	26.4	19.7
Cheshire East E06000049	22.7	18.2	18.8
Gloucestershire E10000013	22.6	21.6	13.7
Bromley E09000006	22.4	15.8	15.2
Waltham Forest E09000031	22.3	12.5	24.8
Rotherham E08000018	21.9	10.5	18.1
Leeds E08000035	21.9	18	21.5
Halton E06000006	21.8	8	17.5
Warrington E06000007	21.7	22.7	25.1
Wandsworth E09000032	21.7	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	27.8
West Berkshire E06000037	21.5	13.7	14.3
Westminster E09000033	21.3	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	18.1
North Somerset E06000024	21	11.7	15.3
Tameside E08000008	21	19	17.3
Lambeth E09000022	21	20.8	18
Hackney E09000012	20.8	21	19.1
Cornwall E06000052	20.7	13.7	18.3
Peterborough E06000031	20.5	11.8	22.2
Hampshire E10000014	20.5	15.6	17.2
Southwark E09000028	20.4	21.8	20.3
Lewisham E09000023	20.3	12.9	18.3
Solihull E08000029	20.2	12.3	17.9
Bolton E08000001	20.1	13.4	15.9
Brent E09000005	19.9	25.8	23.2
Leicestershire E10000018	19.8	16	18
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	19.7	23.7	18.9
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	19.7	14.2	16.2
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	19.7	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	27.3
Oldham E08000004	19.6	15.4	18.9
Doncaster E08000017	19.5	18.6	15.6
Slough E06000039	19.3	14.5	11.7
Hillingdon E09000017	19.2	22.2	22.7
Thurrock E06000034	19.1	22.2	18.5
Islington E09000019	19.1	22.3	20
Sunderland E08000024	19	19.1	16.3
Kirklees E08000034	19	24	21.5
Wolverhampton E08000031	18.8	7.6	23.7
York E06000014	18.7	17.8	14.2
Sefton E08000014	18.7	17.1	18.2
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	18.7	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	5.8
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025	18.6	12.1	13.6
Bradford E08000032	18.5	9.6	15.1
Worcestershire E10000034	18.4	12.7	17.3
Haringey E09000014	18.3	9	24.2
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	18.2	14.4	19
Bristol, City of E06000023	18.2	17.3	13.8
Harrow E09000015	18.2	33.1	31.9
Devon E10000008	18.2	16.5	15.6
Kent E10000016	18	13.2	17.1
Warwickshire E10000031	18	11.9	13.5
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	17.9	4.3	15.9
Hounslow E09000018	17.8	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	18.6
Sutton E09000029	17.6	22.8	14.6
Nottinghamshire E10000024	17.6	14.2	14.8
West Sussex E10000032	17.6	12.1	15
Coventry E08000026	17.5	12.3	18
Sandwell E08000028	17.5	16.7	26
Gateshead E08000037	17.4	37.1	14.9
Salford E08000006	17.3	26.1	16.5
Liverpool E08000012	17.3	18.2	16.6
Luton E06000032	17.2	26.3	23.4
Hartlepool E06000001	17.1	10.9	12.6
Wigan E08000010	17	25.2	19.7
Wirral E08000015	16.9	11.9	18.2
Wakefield E08000036	16.7	19.1	16.6
North Lincolnshire E06000013	16.6	5.8	10.8
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	16.6	2.4	12.3
Wiltshire E06000054	16.5	13.5	17.7
Manchester E08000003	16.5	16.4	16.9
Birmingham E08000025	16.5	20.8	20.6
Croydon E09000008	16.5	7.4	22.5
Nottingham E06000018	16.4	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	19.8
Milton Keynes E06000042	16.4	11.9	15.7
Rochdale E08000005	16.4	15	22.9
Surrey E10000030	16.4	16.9	14.6
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	16.3	16.8	18.2
East Sussex E10000011	16.3	14.2	16.1
Staffordshire E10000028	16.3	13.9	17.2
Dudley E08000027	16.1	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	19.7
Greenwich E09000011	16.1	15.9	17.5
Havering E09000016	16.1	18.7	17
North Northamptonshire E06000061	16	27.9	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’
Medway E06000035	15.8	12.7	22.7
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	15.8	12	16.2
Buckinghamshire E06000060	15.8	25.3	19.4
Bexley E09000004	15.8	10.8	21
Camden E09000007	15.7	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	10.2
Oxfordshire E10000025	15.7	11.9	14.4
Calderdale E08000033	15.6	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	14.6
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	15.6	20.4	5.5
North Tyneside E08000022	15.5	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	18.9
Lancashire E10000017	15.5	17.8	17.4
Isle of Wight E06000046	15.3	26.6	20.8
Derbyshire E10000007	15.3	13.6	15.6
Derby E06000015	15.2	36.1	15.7
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	15.2	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	25.5
Lincolnshire E10000019	15.2	16.6	19.8
Swindon E06000030	15	15.8	18.7
Somerset E06000066	15	17.3	11.8
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025	15	9.8	13.5
South Gloucestershire E06000025	14.9	23.1	21.2
Bury E08000002	14.8	14.6	17.6
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	14.6	9.9	21.3
South Tyneside E08000023	14.6	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	15.4
Cumberland E06000063	14.5	21.8	16.8
Torbay E06000027	14.3	2.7	15.1
Reading E06000038	14.3	9.8	15.9
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	14.2	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	17.9
Bedford E06000055	13.9	6.8	18.9
Plymouth E06000026	13.8	16.1	17.7
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	13.8	15.4	16.3
County Durham E06000047	13.7	18.3	16.3
Middlesbrough E06000002	13.6	6.4	17.5
Stockport E08000007	13.6	13.9	19
North Yorkshire E06000065	13.5	11.5	9.1
Norfolk E10000020	13.4	12.4	15.5
Redbridge E09000026	13.3	29.6	17.1
Suffolk E10000029	13.1	9.5	15
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	13	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	9.4
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	12.9	9.4	15.9
West Northamptonshire E06000062	12.9	17.6	20.4
Walsall E08000030	12.6	24	14
Portsmouth E06000044	12.5	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	20.6
Blackpool E06000009	12.4	11.4	17.3
Brighton and Hove E06000043	12.4	15.8	11.5
Knowsley E08000011	12.3	13.3	19.9
Hertfordshire E10000015	12.2	22.4	16.4
Cambridgeshire E10000003	11.8	15.2	21.2
Darlington E06000005	11.5	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	20.1
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	11.5	24.5	19.4
St. Helens E08000013	11.2	11.2	11.1
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	11.1	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	13.8
Southampton E06000045	11	10.8	19.9
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	10.4	21.4	29
Northumberland E06000057	10	22.7	19.1
Shropshire E06000051	9.8	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	23.2
Essex E10000012	9.5	16.6	16.7
Enfield E09000010	7	16	27.1
Leicester E06000016	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	21.5	17.5
Rutland E06000017	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’
Isles of Scilly E06000053	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Dorset E06000059	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	8.2	13.4
City of London E09000001	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Barnsley E08000038	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016
Sheffield E08000039	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019
North East	15.1	17	17.3
North West	17	17.1	18
Yorkshire and The Humber	18	14.9	16.5
East Midlands	16	17.6	16.6
West Midlands	16.1	16.9	19.3
East of England	13.2	14.7	17.4
London	20.1	20.5	19.3
South East	17.6	15.4	16.8
South West	16.8	15.7	15.5
England	17.3	16.9	17.3

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Children in need: average Attainment 8 score · 130 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

7 to 14.2
14.2 to 16.3
16.3 to 18.2
18.2 to 20.8
20.8 to 27.5

Boundaries: Council boundaries, May 2026, from the geography spine. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Department for Education

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Raw files fetched

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Verification

Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:18 UTC Run at 1 November 2026, 12:18 UTC; 489 of 489 figures matched the live source.

Result	Check	Detail
Pass	Provenance recorded	Department for Education; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-01T12:16:04Z; 2 raw file(s)
Pass	Raw files match recorded SHA-256	2 of 2 files intact
Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	489 of 489 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	489 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	489 of 489 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches
Pass	EES data set is current	latest period 2024/25 ended 427 days before retrieval (limit 700)
Pass	The data set's CSV agrees	4455 of 4455 cells of the stored query, figures and marks, equal version 1.0's CSV (https://api.education.gov.uk/statistics/v1/data-sets/019d431f-519e-7527-999a-8019a8016012/csv?dataSetVersion=1.0, 495 rows read)
Pass	The councils add up to their region	108 comparisons expected, each region's councils in every count and combination: 19 within the rounding the DfE states (4 exactly); not made, 48 for a figure marked 'c' (suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’); not made, 5 for a figure marked 'z' (not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’); not made, 36 for a figure marked 'x' (not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’); England is the DfE's own figure, not its regions' sum: the DfE's methodology does not say why its England row counts more children in need and children looked after at the end of key stage 4 than its regions together, beyond their rounding, which stays an open question for the DfE (decision 48.2); no sum can show one council's figure filed under another's code: only the CSV's agreement, and another publication where there is one, bear on that
Pass	Each share and average is its count over its whole	1010 of 1010 shares and averages by area and combination are their counts' ratio, within the rounding the DfE states; not made, 347 for a figure marked 'c'; not made, 11 for a figure marked 'z'; not made, 612 for a figure marked 'x'
Pass	Source page answers	https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/outcomes-for-children-in-need-including-children-looked-after-by-local-authorities-in-england – HTTP 200

Notes

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in each of the DfE's social care groups, as the DfE matches its social care returns to its key stage 4 results: Children in need, excluding those on a child protection plan and those looked after, at 31 March; children on a child protection plan, excluding those looked after; and children looked after continuously for at least twelve months at 31 March, as the DfE defines its social care groups.
The DfE gives these figures for England's 153 councils with education and children's services duties (its unitary, metropolitan and London councils and its 21 counties), not for districts.
The DfE gives Barnsley and Sheffield under the codes they had before part of Barnsley moved into Sheffield on the 1st of April 2025 (E08000016 and E08000019), and they are shown so.
The DfE's methodology: “National and regional numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Local authority numbers are unrounded.” Percentages are rounded to one decimal place, and average Attainment 8 scores to one.
England's figure is the DfE's own. Its England row counts more children in need and children looked after than its regions together, beyond their rounding, which its methodology does not explain, so the checks hold each region's councils to it, and England to its CSV, until the DfE says why (decision 48.2).
Most councils' figures for the smaller groups are suppressed. The DfE gives no Progress 8 scores for these pupils, whose key stage 2 tests were cancelled in 2020, and no free school meals figures for children looked after.
Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's points in eight GCSEs or equivalents, English and maths counting twice; the checks hold each average to the DfE's own sum of scores over its pupils.