Description Number of episodes of Chlamydia diagnosed for males and females aged 15 -19 against the local population of all 15 to 19 years olds, expressed as a percentage.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description Families receiving support from 'family intervention projects', local services which provide intensive support to families with multiple social, economic, health and behaviour problems.
Geographic units Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description Percentage of children whose emotional health is good and will be based on responses to individual questions, drawn from the TellUs Survey.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description Percentage of pupils on the school roll who eat a lunch at school that is provided by the school or local authority (including those in receipt of a free school meal).
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description Number of pupils responding that they have experienced bullying against the number of pupils completing the survey, expressed as a percentage.
Description Key Stage (KS) 2 is the stage of the National Curriculum between ages 8 and 11 years. This indicator relates to tests taken by 11 year olds at the end of KS2. Pupils attainment is assessed in relation to the National Curriculum and pupils are awarded levels on the National Curriculum scale to reflect their attainment.
Geographic units Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description The percentage of young people 13-19, participating in structured positive activities against the total number of young people in the 13-19 cohort.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description This dataset provides information from the National Child Monitoring Programme (NCMP), about the prevalence of underweight, healthy weight, overweight and obese children in reception and year 6, using the UK National Body Mass Index (BMI) percentiles classification
Geographic units Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source The Information Centre for health and social care (IC)
Description The number of children achieving 78 points across all 13 Early Years Foundation Stage Profile scales with at least 6 points or more in each of the Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED) and Communication, Language and Literacy (CLL) scales against the total number of children assessed against the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile, expressed as a percentage.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description Key Stage (KS) 4 is the stage of the National Curriculum between the ages of 14 and 16 years. GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) is the principal means of assessing pupil attainment at the end of compulsory secondary education. Grades A* to G are classified as passes, grades A* to C as good passes and grades U and X as fails. This indicator relates to pupils achieving 5A*-C grades or equivalent including GCSE English and Maths taken at the end of KS4.
Geographic units Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description Number of pupils in a school achieving level 4+ in both English and Maths at KS2 against the number of pupils in a school eligible for KS2 assessment in both English and Maths, expressed as a percentage.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description Number of pupils in a school at the end of KS4 who have achieved 2 or more science GCSEs graded A*-C against the number of pupils in a school at the end of KS4, expressed as a percentage.
Description The gap between the median Foundation Stage Profile score of all children locally and the mean score of the lowest achieving 20% of children locally, as a percentage of the median score of all children locally.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description Key Stage (KS) 2 is the stage of the National Curriculum between ages 8 and 11 years. This indicator relates to tests taken by 11 year olds at the end of KS2. Minority ethnic groups measured for the purposes of this indicator include any ethnic group where there are over 30 pupils from that group in any particular cohort. Pupils attainment is assessed in relation to the National Curriculum and pupils are awarded levels on the National Curriculum scale to reflect their attainment. Good performance is typified by higher percentages accompanied by a narrowing of the attainment gap between minority ethnic pupils and all pupils.
Geographic units Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source Department for Education (DfE): Pupil Annual School Level Census (PLASC)
Description Key Stage 4 is the stage of the National Curriculum between ages 14 and 16 years. This indicator relates to examinations taken at the end of the Key Stage. Minority ethnic groups measured for the purposes of this indicator include any ethnic group where there are over 30 pupils from that group in any particular cohort. Good performance is typified by higher percentages of pupils attaining 5 A*-C, including English and mathematics, accompanied by a narrowing of the attainment gap between minority ethnic pupils and all pupils.
Geographic units Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source Department for Education (DfE): Pupil Annual School Level Census (PLASC)
Description Percentage of young people in England participating in sport. Young people are all those aged 5-19. All 5-16 year olds will have the chance to do 5 hours of high quality Physical Education (PE) and Sport.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description Initial assessments are an important indicator of how quickly services can respond when a child is thought to be at risk of serious harm. As the assessments involve a range of local agencies, this indicator would also show how well multi-agency working arrangements are established in local authority areas.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source CPR3 statutory return form local authorities to Department for Education (DfE).
Description The Assessment Framework specifies that core assessments should be completed within 35 working days. the indicator measures the percentage of core assessments which were completed within 35 working days. re assessments are in-depth assessments of a child, or children, and their family, as defined in the Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families. They are also the means by which section 47 (child protection) enquiries are undertaken following a strategy discussion.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source CPR3 statutory return form local authorities to Department for Education (DfE).
Description The indicator measures the number of children who had been the subject of a Child Protection Plan continuously for two years or longer against the number of children ceasing to be the subject of a Child Protection Plan during the year, expressed as percentage
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source CPR3 statutory return form local authorities to Department for Education (DfE).
Description The indicator measures the number who had previously been the subject of a child protection plan, or on the child protection register of that council, regardless of how long ago that was against the number of children subject to a child protection plan at any time during the Year, expressed as a percentage
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source CPR3 statutory return form local authorities to Department for Education (DfE).
Description The number of children whose cases go on to initial assessments against the number of children referred to children's social services departments, expressed as a percentage.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source CPR3 statutory return form local authorities to Department for Education (DfE).
Description Emotional and behavioural health of children and young people in care will be assessed through the use of a Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The SDQ is a short behavioural screening questionnaire. It has five sections that cover details of emotional difficulties; conduct problems; hyperactivity or inattention; friendships and peer groups; and also positive behaviour.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description This indicator provides an indication of how quickly children are placed with an approved prospective adopter(s) following the decision that they should be placed for adoption
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source Statutory SSDA903 data collection from Local Authorities to DCSF.
Description This indicator measures the percentage of looked after children aged under 16 at who have been looked after continuously for at least 2.5 years who were living in the same placement for at least 2 years, or are placed for adoption and their adoptive placement together with their previous placement together last for at least 2 years
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source Statutory SSDA903 data collection from Local Authorities to DCSF.
Description The indicator measures the percentage of children looked after cases which should have been reviewed during the year ending 31 March that were reviewed on time during the year
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source Statutory SSDA903 data collection from Local Authorities to DCSF.
Description The total number of children and young people admitted to hospital as a result of injury against the total population of children and young people in the PCT area, expressed as a rate.
Geographic units Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description The indicator will measure number of pupils in a school achieving 5A*-C or equivalent including English and Maths at KS4 against number of pupils in a school eligible for assessment at KS4, expressed as a percentage.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description The number of young people in the cohort that have passed the level 2 threshold by the academic year in which they turn 19, living in a given Local Authority against the size of the cohort living in that Local Authority at academic age 14
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source Department for Children, Families and Skills (DCSF): School Census, National Pupil Database, NISVQ database & ILR Database.
Description The number of young people in the cohort that have passed the level 3 threshold by the academic year in which they turn 19, living in a given Local Authority against the size of the cohort living in that Local Authority at academic age 14against the size of the cohort living in that Local Authority at academic age 14
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source Department for Children, Families and Skills (DCSF): School Census, National Pupil Database, NISVQ database & ILR Database.
Description The number of people that were/were not eligible for FSM at age 19 who reached level 3 against the number of people that were/were not eligible for FSM at age 16 on the school census, expressed as a percentage.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source Department for Children, Families and Skills (DCSF): School Census, National Pupil Database, NISVQ database & ILR Database.
Description The number of individuals who were eligible for and claiming FSM at age 16 who turned 19 during the academic year and have passed the level 2 threshold against the school census population at age 16 on 31st August 2003 that were eligible for and claiming FSM, expressed as a percentage
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source Department for Children, Families and Skills (DCSF): School Census, National Pupil Database, NISVQ database & ILR Database.
Description The number of persistent absentees as a percentage of the total number of local authority maintained secondary school pupil enrolments. A persistent absentee is a pupil who has accumulated the threshold number of half-day sessions of absence over the relevant statistical reporting period - * an annual basis ? 64 or more half-day sessions of absence from school over the statistical reporting period for absence (this is currently the two and a half terms ending at the May half term); and * a two-term basis ? 52 or more half-day sessions of absence from school over the combined autumn and spring terms.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description The number of schools providing access to extended services against the number of schools in the local authority, expressed as a percentage.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description The number of failing schools. A failing school is one judged on inspection by Ofsted to be providing inadequate education and lacking the capacity to improve, and therefore placed in special measures.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description Number of enrolments on diplomas measured using Minerva against the 14-19 population for the relevant cohort based on ONS population estimates. Learning Diploma means a new qualification in 14 sector areas. Five of them will be available for first teaching in 2008: engineering; society, health & development; ICT; creative & media; construction and the built environment. A further five will be available for first teaching in 2009 and the final four in 2010.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description The number of pupils making 2 levels progress between Key Stages where prior attainment data exists against the number of eligible pupils in cohort with matched valid results at KS1, expressed as a percentage.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description The number of pupils making 2 levels progress between Key Stages where prior attainment data exists against the number of eligible pupils in cohort with matched valid results at KS1, expressed as a percentage.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description Number of looked after children who were in care for at least one year who were in year 6 (key stage 2) and who achieved at least level 4 in English against the total number of looked after children who were in care for at least one year who were in year 6 (key stage 2), expressed as a percentage.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source OC2 data collection (at present). In future the intention is to use SSDA903 matched to the National Pupil Database.
Description Number of looked after children who were in care for at least one year who were in year 6 (key stage 2) and who achieved at least level 4 in Maths against the total number of looked after children who were in care for at least one year who were in year 6 (key stage 2), expressed as a percentage.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source OC2 data collection (at present). In future the intention is to use SSDA903 matched to the National Pupil Database.
Description The number of looked after children who were in care for at least one year who were in year 11 and achieved the equivalent of at least 5 A*-C GCSEs (including English and maths) against the total number of looked after children who were in care for at least one year who were in year 11, expressed as a percentage.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description The percentage point gap between pupils eligible for free schools meals (FSM) achieving at least Level 4 in English and Maths at Key Stage (KS) 2, and their peers. The percentage point gap between pupils eligible for FSM achieving 5A*-C grades at GCSE (and equivalent), including GCSE English and Maths, and their peers. Free school meals ? children whose parents receive the following are entitled to free school meals.
Geographic units Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description Percentage of final statements of special education need issued within 26 weeks excluding exception cases as a proportion of all such statements issued in the year.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description The percentage point gap between pupils who are identified as having special educational needs who achieve the expected national curriculum level 4 or above in both English and Maths at Key Stage (KS) 2 and their peers (pupils who have not been identified as having special educational needs).
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description The percentage point gap between pupils who are identified as having special educational needs who achieve 5 A*-C GCSE grades or equivalent including English and Maths at Key Stage (KS) 4 and their peers (pupils who have not been identified as having special educational needs).
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description This indicator is currently a Youth Justice Board (YJB) key performance indicator for Youth Offending Teams (YOT) so arrangements for collection of data are already in place. The indicator provides a local measure directly related to the national indicator on first time entrants in the DCSF led PSA to increase the number of children and young people on the path to success. The number of first-time entrants to the youth justice system, where first-time entrants are defined as young people (aged 10-17) who receive their first substantive outcome (relating to a reprimand, a final warning with our without an intervention, or a court disposal for those who go directly to court without a reprimand or final warning)
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description Proportion of dependent children in a Local Authority who live in households whose equivalised income is below 60% of the contemporary national median.
Geographic units Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), Ward, Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National, Parliamentary Constituency
Description The rate includes all conceptions under 18 but uses the female population aged 15-17 as a denominator to calculate the rate (as 95% of under 18 conceptions occur within this age group). Conception rate: This is defined as the number of conceptions under 18 per 1000 females aged 15-17.
Geographic units Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description Key Stage (KS) 3 is the stage of the National Curriculum between ages 11 and 14 years. This indicator relates to tests taken by 14 year olds at the end of KS3. Pupils attainment is assessed in relation to the National Curriculum and pupils are awarded levels on the National Curriculum scale to reflect their attainment.
Geographic units Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description KS3 is the stage of the National Curriculum between ages11 and 14 years. This indicator relates to the tests taken by 14 year olds at the end of KS3
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description The indicator will measure the number of pupils in a school achieving level 5+ in both English and Maths at KS3 against the number of pupils in a school eligible for KS3 assessment in both English and Maths, expressed as a percentage.
Description The number of pupils making 2 levels progress between Key Stages where prior attainment data exists against the number of eligible pupils in cohort with matched valid results at KS2, expressed as a percentage.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description The number of pupils making 2 levels progress between Key Stages where prior attainment data exists against the number of eligible pupils in cohort with matched valid results at KS2, expressed as a percentage.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description The number of pupils making 2 levels progress between Key Stages where prior attainment data exists against the number of eligible pupils in cohort with matched valid results at KS3, expressed as a percentage.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Description The number of pupils making 2 levels progress between Key Stages where prior attainment data exists against the number of eligible pupils in cohort with matched valid results at KS3, expressed as a percentage.
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National