In total, the 3,491 children’s homes of all types were registered for 14,486 places. This represents a 7% increase in potential capacity since 31 March 2023, when there were 13,528 registered places in total, compared with a 5% increase last year.
This “continues the long-standing trend of the number of new homes rising faster than the number of new places”, according to the statistics.
Since 2014, the number of children’s homes of all types has increased by 70%, from 2,057 to 3,491. Over the same period, the number of places has increased by a quarter from 11,594 to 14,486.
Supported accommodation
Ofsted puts this growth down, in part, to a new duty on supported accommodation providers to register with Ofsted with inspections on such provision set to begin later this month (September).
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