If a student has Post Looked After Arrangements, this can be recorded on the student profile under the Extended Tab > under Support Information.
You will find the question:
'Does [student] have any post looked after arrangements'.
From the Autumn 2022 Census, the DfE added an additional data item to be collected for:
'Ceased to be looked after through adoption from state care outside of England and Wales'.
What classes as Post Looked After?
The full range of options for Post Looked After Arrangements are listed below:
- Not declared
- Ceased to be looked after through adoption from England and Wales
- Ceased to be looked after through a residence order (RO) from England and Wales
- Ceased to be looked after through a child arrangement order (CAO) from England and Wales
- Ceased to be looked after through adoption from state care outside of England and Wales
- Ceased to be looked after through a special guardianship order (SGO) from England and Wales
What's next?
Find out how to report on this here: Report on Post Looked After Arrangements