Characteristics of children in need: 2014 to 2015

Characteristics of children in need: 2014 to 2015 Children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the financial year ending March 2015. The ‘main text’ document includes information on: children in need of social services children referred to social services assessments of children in need and their primary need at first assessment section 47 enquiries (a local authority carries out one of these if they suspect a child is suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm) and initial child protection conferences children who were the subject of a child protection plan The ‘main tables’ and first ‘methodology’ document relate to this publication. We subsequently published the ‘outcomes tables’, showing figures that result from matching the children in need census to the national pupil database (NPD). These tables show children in need by: prevalence of free school meals (FSM) special educational needs (SEN) attainment absence and exclusions The ‘outcomes methodology’ document explains the matching process and calculations we used in these tables.《有需要儿童特征（2014至2015财年）》：本数据集覆盖截至2015年3月的财政年度内，由儿童社会服务机构转介并完成评估的儿童相关情况。主文档包含以下信息：接受社会服务的有需要儿童、转介至社会服务机构的儿童、有需要儿童的首次评估及其初次评估时的核心需求、第47条调查（当地主管部门若怀疑儿童正遭受或可能遭受严重伤害时，将开展此类调查）及初次儿童保护会议、被纳入儿童保护计划的儿童情况。主统计表与首份“研究方法文档”均为本出版物的组成部分。后续我们发布了“结果统计表”，其数据来源于有需要儿童普查与全国学生数据库（National Pupil Database, NPD）的匹配结果。该统计表按以下维度展示有需要儿童的分布情况：免费校餐（Free School Meals, FSM）覆盖率、特殊教育需求（Special Educational Needs, SEN）状况、学业成绩、旷课情况及学籍开除情况。“结果研究方法文档”则对本次结果统计表所采用的匹配流程与计算方法进行了说明。