Children's homes and places, England
Accredited official statistics
Children's homes and secure children's homes in England and their places at 31 March each year since 2012, with providers of supported accommodation from 2024, from Ofsted's children's social care statistics.
Children's homes
4,747
31 Mar 2026 · at 31 March, with 16,183 places
Verified against source, 8 November 2026, 13:16 UTC- Children's homes
- Places in children's homes
- Secure children's homes
- Places in secure children's homes
- Supported accommodation providers
Source: Ofsted. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
15 periods, newest first
| Period | Children's homes | Places in children's homes | Secure children's homes | Places in secure children's homes | Supported accommodation providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2026 | 4,747 | 16,183 | 14 | 241 | 1,219 |
| 31 Mar 2025 | 3,946 | 14,275 | 14 | 236 | 893 |
| 31 Mar 2024 | 3,423 | 12,870 | 13 | 214 | 258 |
| 31 Mar 2023 | 3,050 | 11,857 | 13 | 214 | – |
| 31 Mar 2022 | 2,798 | 11,095 | 13 | 230 | – |
| 31 Mar 2021 | 2,624 | 10,708 | 13 | 231 | – |
| 31 Mar 2020 | 2,378 | 10,033 | 13 | 231 | – |
| 31 Mar 2019 | 2,221 | 9,791 | 14 | 238 | – |
| 31 Mar 2018 | 2,124 | 9,430 | 14 | 234 | – |
| 31 Mar 2017 | 2,050 | 9,124 | 14 | 238 | – |
| 31 Mar 2016 | 1,972 | 8,877 | 14 | 235 | – |
| 31 Mar 2015 | 1,974 | 9,097 | 14 | 235 | – |
| 31 Mar 2014 | 1,953 | 8,991 | 16 | 272 | – |
| 31 Mar 2013 | 1,950 | 9,174 | 16 | 272 | – |
| 31 Mar 2012 | 1,984 | 9,282 | 16 | 281 | – |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Ofsted
- Check it yourself
- https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/childrens-social-care-statistics
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 8 November 2026, 13:07 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.gov.uk/api/content/government/statistics/childrens-social-care-in-england-2026SHA-256 cadd722dde1a10bc7c89e170e6027b14ba1da7437bb342ba983be22629b284b3 · 16,072 bytes
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6ace420071dbe79328fd440b/Childrens_social_care_in_England_2026_underlying_data_v1.1.odsSHA-256 c307d4644c529eac2c17efb8e9bb0d8d76bb4ddc0c892298d5d31f3222a83567 · 46,880 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 8 November 2026, 13:16 UTC Run at 8 November 2026, 13:16 UTC; 75 of 75 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Ofsted; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-08T13:07:08Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 75 of 75 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 75 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 75 of 75 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | GOV.UK table is current | latest period 2026-03-31 ended 222 days before retrieval (limit 520), from Underlying data: children's social care in England 2026 (version 1.1) |
| Pass | All children's homes are their three kinds | 30 of 30 cases of the dates' providers and places in all children's homes are the three kinds' |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/childrens-social-care-statistics – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Children's homes and secure children's homes registered with Ofsted at 31 March, with their places, and from 2024 the providers of supported accommodation for 16- and 17-year-olds; residential special schools that care for children for more than 295 days a year register as children's homes and are counted apart.
- Where a home's places are missing, Ofsted estimates them from the average. Ofsted's workbook lists every provider with its address; the hub keeps only its national tables, with every provider-level sheet emptied, so the stored file is the hub's copy.