1 in 4 children receive services from children’s social care services before turning 18

Lead author, Dr. Matthew Jay from UCL (University College London) Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, said, “We estimate that a quarter of all children receive some kind of service from social care before the age of 18. This includes children on child in need plans, children on child protection plans, children looked after by local authorities, care leavers and disabled children.”