Special educational needs of children in need by council, England

Pupils who are children in need, on a child protection plan or looked after, and those with an EHC plan, on SEN support or with no special educational needs, in each of England's councils with children's services, with the regions and England, from the DfE.

England

141,630

2024/25 · Children in need: pupils

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

Special educational needs of children in need by council, England

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

Data table

163 rows

Area	Children in need: pupils	Children in need: with special educational needs	Children in need: with an EHC plan	Children in need: on SEN support	Children in need: with no special educational needs	On a child protection plan: pupils	On a child protection plan: with special educational needs	On a child protection plan: with an EHC plan	On a child protection plan: on SEN support	On a child protection plan: with no special educational needs	Looked after for 12 months: pupils	Looked after for 12 months: with special educational needs	Looked after for 12 months: with an EHC plan	Looked after for 12 months: on SEN support	Looked after for 12 months: with no special educational needs
Kent E10000016	4,442	2,537	1,695	842	1,905	668	295	92	203	373	792	480	302	178	312
Hampshire E10000014	4,407	2,155	1,156	999	2,252	584	257	99	158	327	955	576	354	222	379
Lancashire E10000017	3,104	1,779	1,119	660	1,325	462	186	58	128	276	948	526	313	213	422
West Sussex E10000032	2,856	1,656	998	658	1,200	353	162	53	109	191	430	286	177	109	144
Surrey E10000030	2,724	1,696	1,186	510	1,028	398	193	78	115	205	466	328	217	111	138
Birmingham E08000025	2,571	1,193	552	641	1,378	1,101	417	97	320	684	1,195	682	290	392	513
Hertfordshire E10000015	2,514	1,678	1,263	415	836	388	176	58	118	212	473	307	195	112	166
Derbyshire E10000007	2,210	1,175	596	579	1,035	403	190	48	142	213	485	312	171	141	173
Essex E10000012	2,152	1,429	1,056	373	723	431	181	49	132	250	552	305	170	135	247
Leeds E08000035	2,058	880	287	593	1,178	434	188	31	157	246	826	468	178	290	358
Staffordshire E10000028	2,048	1,175	720	455	873	344	155	59	96	189	706	421	207	214	285
Bradford E08000032	1,740	805	444	361	935	325	139	37	102	186	793	467	225	242	326
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025	1,607	708	303	405	899	322	150	48	102	172	268	189	100	89	79
Lincolnshire E10000019	1,583	757	414	343	826	307	143	51	92	164	374	250	144	106	124
Newham E09000025	1,561	750	472	278	811	167	56	13	43	111	192	99	60	39	93
Gloucestershire E10000013	1,533	787	336	451	746	235	140	44	96	95	374	242	119	123	132
Warwickshire E10000031	1,514	801	422	379	713	205	99	29	70	106	332	202	108	94	130
Manchester E08000003	1,495	794	471	323	701	421	206	76	130	215	620	380	218	162	240
Somerset E06000066	1,359	627	290	337	732	201	88	28	60	113	261	188	128	60	73
Wolverhampton E08000031	1,345	607	248	359	738	142	77	20	57	65	267	173	86	87	94
Oxfordshire E10000025	1,345	806	433	373	539	378	211	54	157	167	366	277	167	110	89
Bromley E09000006	1,333	768	542	226	565	210	95	40	55	115	179	129	89	40	50
Devon E10000008	1,322	700	363	337	622	393	199	70	129	194	399	285	176	109	114
Cornwall E06000052	1,294	650	301	349	644	230	121	33	88	109	294	185	96	89	109
Coventry E08000026	1,250	570	256	314	680	264	121	30	91	143	336	209	102	107	127
County Durham E06000047	1,238	655	386	269	583	287	106	19	87	181	617	360	158	202	257
Leicestershire E10000018	1,218	524	245	279	694	306	127	34	93	179	319	196	114	82	123
Tower Hamlets E09000030	1,215	633	408	225	582	144	50	18	32	94	119	72	36	36	47
North Yorkshire E06000065	1,207	723	468	255	484	356	154	60	94	202	236	148	86	62	88
Buckinghamshire E06000060	1,205	721	511	210	484	271	139	48	91	132	227	145	93	52	82
Brent E09000005	1,205	745	540	205	460	235	113	44	69	122	136	73	41	32	63
Liverpool E08000012	1,175	597	320	277	578	500	219	74	145	281	845	528	258	270	317
Ealing E09000009	1,168	608	402	206	560	155	63	30	33	92	114	71	43	28	43
Walsall E08000030	1,166	505	233	272	661	148	48	11	37	100	363	231	140	91	132
Nottinghamshire E10000024	1,161	564	216	348	597	362	127	31	96	235	436	268	110	158	168
East Sussex E10000011	1,152	563	278	285	589	374	152	42	110	222	348	263	132	131	85
Norfolk E10000020	1,144	553	336	217	591	204	106	43	63	98	534	352	244	108	182
Suffolk E10000029	1,129	632	394	238	497	264	124	35	89	140	482	302	193	109	180
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	1,120	531	273	258	589	329	126	35	91	203	385	249	144	105	136
Wakefield E08000036	1,081	450	183	267	631	396	127	36	91	269	362	213	94	119	149
Lewisham E09000023	1,081	615	401	214	466	152	56	17	39	96	200	120	73	47	80
Greenwich E09000011	1,055	647	417	230	408	174	80	28	52	94	197	128	57	71	69
Milton Keynes E06000042	1,041	593	397	196	448	223	103	26	77	120	198	120	60	60	78
Worcestershire E10000034	1,041	570	321	249	471	333	155	52	103	178	556	316	143	173	240
Havering E09000016	1,038	630	483	147	408	244	77	20	57	167	120	66	32	34	54
Sefton E08000014	1,035	600	380	220	435	284	141	41	100	143	280	167	91	76	113
Stockport E08000007	1,032	553	293	260	479	188	98	32	66	90	269	164	105	59	105
Bristol, City of E06000023	1,026	530	232	298	496	272	140	42	98	132	364	249	143	106	115
Tameside E08000008	1,006	467	213	254	539	314	123	37	86	191	312	181	97	84	131
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	1,001	566	411	155	435	221	77	25	52	144	170	105	70	35	65
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	990	472	254	218	518	190	83	27	56	107	670	345	179	166	325
Wirral E08000015	990	486	259	227	504	233	108	36	72	125	421	262	140	122	159
Rochdale E08000005	964	483	275	208	481	208	98	23	75	110	321	146	78	68	175
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	952	339	125	214	613	224	82	23	59	142	193	112	59	53	81
Oldham E08000004	945	346	156	190	599	290	120	34	86	170	283	147	74	73	136
Dudley E08000027	935	486	292	194	449	164	67	24	43	97	306	167	84	83	139
Medway E06000035	924	505	302	203	419	176	77	19	58	99	254	154	78	76	100
Southwark E09000028	916	556	382	174	360	148	75	26	49	73	162	105	66	39	57
Croydon E09000008	915	561	377	184	354	200	106	35	71	94	197	127	66	61	70
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	902	424	245	179	478	194	78	25	53	116	331	185	102	83	146
Sutton E09000029	894	659	499	160	235	127	50	21	29	77	114	78	48	30	36
Northumberland E06000057	884	577	404	173	307	200	83	36	47	117	216	141	100	41	75
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	871	518	340	178	353	221	114	34	80	107	330	179	77	102	151
Wigan E08000010	854	427	194	233	427	159	70	16	54	89	376	228	113	115	148
Salford E08000006	840	440	230	210	400	242	116	35	81	126	308	204	101	103	104
Wiltshire E06000054	833	470	319	151	363	202	96	40	56	106	240	155	109	46	85
Enfield E09000010	833	615	529	86	218	122	55	24	31	67	177	114	73	41	63
Redbridge E09000026	825	690	624	66	135	99	32	12	20	67	130	66	36	30	64
Sunderland E08000024	817	432	278	154	385	248	95	13	82	153	269	160	72	88	109
Hackney E09000012	816	510	338	172	306	138	60	22	38	78	175	118	76	42	57
Hillingdon E09000017	810	420	268	152	390	152	81	26	55	71	116	62	37	25	54
Brighton and Hove E06000043	804	556	338	218	248	169	87	26	61	82	160	115	68	47	45
South Gloucestershire E06000025	793	448	274	174	345	156	68	23	45	88	82	62	33	29	20
Camden E09000007	792	535	360	175	257	96	47	11	36	49	70	54	26	28	16
West Northamptonshire E06000062	788	440	299	141	348	225	90	26	64	135	313	175	96	79	138
Cheshire East E06000049	773	324	175	149	449	154	47	21	26	107	256	155	99	56	101
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	768	462	310	152	306	332	168	64	104	164	261	160	95	65	101
Bexley E09000004	764	500	375	125	264	152	77	33	44	75	149	95	55	40	54
Cambridgeshire E10000003	764	408	246	162	356	221	107	39	68	114	306	210	143	67	96
Lambeth E09000022	762	375	214	161	387	165	77	24	53	88	149	90	46	44	59
Wandsworth E09000032	758	471	336	135	287	47	19	9	10	28	96	54	30	24	42
Cumberland E06000063	751	375	231	144	376	169	72	19	53	97	220	135	77	58	85
Sandwell E08000028	739	321	138	183	418	234	96	25	71	138	446	230	106	124	216
Bedford E06000055	721	439	326	113	282	88	38	12	26	50	116	67	43	24	49
North Northamptonshire E06000061	708	400	283	117	308	232	80	41	39	152	283	173	108	65	110
Waltham Forest E09000031	706	312	172	140	394	173	77	27	50	96	118	73	40	33	45
Luton E06000032	704	340	191	149	364	128	44	8	36	84	164	96	51	45	68
Doncaster E08000017	704	258	88	170	446	237	73	15	58	164	229	128	72	56	101
Southampton E06000045	680	385	235	150	295	179	84	23	61	95	242	155	88	67	87
Swindon E06000030	675	335	167	168	340	112	53	9	44	59	151	100	60	40	51
Reading E06000038	666	334	165	169	332	180	108	44	64	72	130	90	58	32	40
Islington E09000019	665	351	165	186	314	84	50	17	33	34	121	81	40	41	40
Shropshire E06000051	659	453	348	105	206	95	47	16	31	48	411	221	133	88	190
Nottingham E06000018	635	321	157	164	314	234	104	13	91	130	321	199	85	114	122
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	631	260	122	138	371	81	31	8	23	50	260	167	93	74	93
Slough E06000039	631	305	162	143	326	120	51	17	34	69	82	57	31	26	25
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	629	328	162	166	301	171	92	34	58	79	296	165	106	59	131
Haringey E09000014	629	350	256	94	279	117	52	16	36	65	151	91	62	29	60
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025	610	272	133	139	338	182	68	19	49	114	171	97	53	44	74
Warrington E06000007	609	236	95	141	373	127	46	14	32	81	160	88	48	40	72
North Tyneside E08000022	600	383	238	145	217	87	40	11	29	47	182	120	60	60	62
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	595	275	145	130	320	133	52	19	33	81	202	112	58	54	90
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	592	256	98	158	336	224	102	21	81	122	155	87	40	47	68
Bolton E08000001	592	250	96	154	342	186	77	31	46	109	293	167	97	70	126
Derby E06000015	589	285	139	146	304	155	56	21	35	99	301	192	106	86	109
Barnet E09000003	577	257	134	123	320	132	59	19	40	73	123	67	47	20	56
Plymouth E06000026	573	271	125	146	302	217	103	17	86	114	270	171	75	96	99
Harrow E09000015	571	327	241	86	244	181	70	23	47	111	63	38	30	8	25
North Lincolnshire E06000013	569	241	99	142	328	80	31	8	23	49	95	62	32	30	33
Trafford E08000009	559	259	145	114	300	115	49	21	28	66	174	117	71	46	57
St. Helens E08000013	559	257	108	149	302	128	58	18	40	70	255	164	70	94	91
Gateshead E08000037	557	295	192	103	262	141	54	13	41	87	287	169	93	76	118
Solihull E08000029	537	251	98	153	286	108	39	12	27	69	308	170	78	92	138
Wokingham E06000041	536	273	157	116	263	128	48	19	29	80	60	37	22	15	23
Knowsley E08000011	528	272	174	98	256	194	82	28	54	112	179	99	64	35	80
Middlesbrough E06000002	524	235	130	105	289	189	72	25	47	117	266	161	76	85	105
Merton E09000024	522	290	188	102	232	105	51	19	32	54	57	39	27	12	18
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	520	374	272	102	146	73	38	7	31	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	110	73	43	30	37
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	518	258	144	114	260	113	45	25	20	68	180	117	76	41	63
Rotherham E08000018	516	265	98	167	251	171	79	16	63	92	262	186	121	65	76
Hartlepool E06000001	512	199	82	117	313	129	45	12	33	84	191	106	48	58	85
Leicester E06000016	494	206	87	119	288	299	106	25	81	193	289	188	105	83	101
Calderdale E08000033	491	225	128	97	266	145	62	26	36	83	180	107	61	46	73
Blackpool E06000009	486	275	167	108	211	147	62	20	42	85	285	148	80	68	137
York E06000014	484	246	136	110	238	88	32	10	22	56	133	68	36	32	65
Portsmouth E06000044	482	241	99	142	241	128	44	16	28	84	180	116	64	52	64
Kirklees E08000034	477	256	139	117	221	299	114	26	88	185	313	190	97	93	123
Bury E08000002	462	270	175	95	192	162	70	31	39	92	183	121	66	55	62
Thurrock E06000034	456	248	167	81	208	72	34	9	25	38	128	66	45	21	62
Torbay E06000027	449	288	175	113	161	81	40	18	22	41	144	104	59	45	40
Halton E06000006	448	203	73	130	245	94	47	13	34	47	188	107	60	47	81
West Berkshire E06000037	446	226	136	90	220	133	64	24	40	69	89	71	43	28	18
Hounslow E09000018	444	229	101	128	215	104	59	21	38	45	97	67	40	27	30
Isle of Wight E06000046	438	251	159	92	187	147	71	31	40	76	156	84	45	39	72
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	436	193	85	108	243	66	30	13	17	36	85	47	30	17	38
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	417	285	181	104	132	91	34	12	22	57	213	132	81	51	81
Bracknell Forest E06000036	417	240	156	84	177	106	51	23	28	55	49	28	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’	21
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	414	270	196	74	144	134	70	22	48	64	119	76	46	30	43
Dorset E06000059	385	257	169	88	128	79	42	19	23	37	225	167	115	52	58
Darlington E06000005	356	166	92	74	190	61	20	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’	41	161	89	51	38	72
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	350	172	87	85	178	62	30	9	21	32	54	34	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’	20
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	325	125	54	71	200	52	16	8	8	36	64	43	22	21	21
South Tyneside E08000023	323	192	117	75	131	70	31	10	21	39	151	99	55	44	52
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	318	215	147	68	103	39	20	6	14	19	190	125	66	59	65
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	318	189	103	86	129	64	34	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’	30	159	91	43	48	68
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	304	136	87	49	168	83	36	18	18	47	51	29	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’	22
North Somerset E06000024	301	197	123	74	104	91	55	32	23	36	131	100	65	35	31
Westminster E09000033	256	139	70	69	117	45	17	11	6	28	54	30	15	15	24
Peterborough E06000031	221	124	64	60	97	29	13	6	7	16	152	112	59	53	40
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	194	87	38	49	107	23	10	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’	13	36	17	11	6	19
Rutland E06000017	29	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’	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	16	6	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’	10	9	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’	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’
Isles of Scilly E06000053	14	6	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’	8	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’	0	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’	0	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
City of London E09000001	12	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’	0	suppressed (c): the DfE's ‘to protect confidentiality - secondary suppression may also be applied to figures to protect confidentiality’	0	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	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’	0	0
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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	8,180	4,350	2,650	1,700	3,830	1,960	790	220	570	1,170	3,200	1,880	950	930	1,320
North West	20,840	10,550	5,810	4,740	10,300	5,310	2,360	760	1,600	2,950	7,750	4,560	2,510	2,050	3,180
Yorkshire and The Humber	14,300	6,690	3,310	3,370	7,610	3,670	1,450	400	1,050	2,220	4,680	2,840	1,460	1,380	1,840
East Midlands	9,420	4,700	2,460	2,240	4,720	2,540	1,030	290	740	1,510	3,130	1,960	1,040	920	1,170
West Midlands	15,530	7,900	4,210	3,690	7,630	3,460	1,460	420	1,040	2,000	6,300	3,620	1,800	1,820	2,680
East of England	10,640	6,300	4,290	2,010	4,340	2,000	900	290	620	1,100	3,250	2,030	1,260	760	1,220
London	25,360	14,470	9,720	4,750	10,890	4,330	1,890	670	1,220	2,430	4,000	2,450	1,450	1,000	1,550
South East	25,520	14,170	8,620	5,550	11,350	4,770	2,210	740	1,470	2,550	5,250	3,430	2,050	1,380	1,820
South West	11,850	6,400	3,460	2,940	5,440	2,680	1,350	450	910	1,320	3,310	2,240	1,320	930	1,070
England	141,630	75,530	44,520	31,010	66,100	30,700	13,450	4,230	9,220	17,250	40,860	25,010	13,840	11,170	15,850

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Children in need: pupils · 130 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

12 to 477
477 to 600
600 to 793
793 to 1,032
1,032 to 2,571

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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Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	2445 of 2445 figures and the headline reproduced
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Pass	Live source matches every figure	2445 of 2445 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches
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Pass	The data set's CSV agrees	4950 of 4950 cells of the stored query, figures and marks, equal version 1.0's CSV (https://api.education.gov.uk/statistics/v1/data-sets/019d431f-9be6-703f-ab5f-16eaf1d3f24d/csv?dataSetVersion=1.0, 2475 rows read)
Pass	The councils add up to their region and the regions to England	150 comparisons expected, each region's councils and England's regions in every count and combination: 113 within the rounding the DfE states (22 exactly); not made, 29 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, 8 for a figure marked 'z' (not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’); 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	1936 of 1936 shares and averages by area and combination are their counts' ratio, within the rounding the DfE states; not made, 36 for a figure marked 'c'; not made, 503 for a figure marked 'z'
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 in each of the DfE's social care groups by their special educational needs provision, as the DfE matches its social care returns to the school census: 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.