Welcome to another week.
The government has released the latest data for serious incident notifications involving children. Serious incidents are defined as those “that involve death or serious harm to a child where abuse or neglect is known or suspected, and any death of a looked after child,” and are recorded by local authorities.
The government says the figures published on 25 May are no longer considered “experimental” and are the first “official” statistics since the Department for Education (DfE) began rolling the reports out four years ago.
However, the statistics should still be treated with a great deal of caution. This extract from the report explains why:
“The Department [for Education] considers these statistics to be an accurate account of the number of serious incidents that local authorities have notified to the Panel. However, whilst reporting has improved in recent years, the Department is aware that, in some instances…
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