Children Looked After in Education

1. Lincolnshire County Council are unable to collate the data for previously looked after children. This data is not collected.

As of Friday 11th July 2025, please provide the number of 'Children in Care', which includes both 'looked after children'

and 'previously looked after children', between the ages of 11 and 16 who should currently be in secondary school. 

Looked After Children

285

2) Please provide the figures from 1) filtered down to those not currently in education.

Looked After Children

26

Please provide the figures from 2) split by how long the total has not been in education, aggregated into groups based

on the length of time they have missed (this could be in weeks, or months, depending on your systems) 

Number of months
not in education

Number of
Looked After Children

0

10

1

2

2

5

3

4

4

0

5

1

6

2

7

0

8

0

9

0

10

0

11

0

12

1

13

0

14

1

Please provide the figures from 2) split into aggregated totals based on the main reason they are not in education

Reason not in education

Number of
Looked After Children

EHC plan - awaiting a special school place in another local authority

3

EHC plan -  accessing interim tuition whilst awaiting consult responses for special school place

3

Interim alternative provision - due to emotional wellbeing

1

Recently new into care.  Electively home educated prior to coming into care

3

Recently new into care.  Looking for new school placement.

1

Unaccompanied Ayslum Seeking Children recently arrived in Lincolnshire through the National Transfer Scheme.

15