Private Education: Children in Care
(asked on 9th November 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of looked after children in private education in each of the last 10 years to date.
This question was answered on 19th November 2018
The number of looked after children in independent schools is available from 2011 to 2018.
Table: Number of looked after children in independent schools (including independent special schools) in England, 2011 to 2018.
Year | Number of pupils |
2018 | 3512 |
2017 | 3209 |
2016 | 3389 |
2015 | 3468 |
2014 | 2903 |
2013 | 4224 |
2012 | 2907 |
2011 | 3019 |
Source: School Level Annual School Census, 2011 to 2018