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Strategic Needs Assessment Key Findings 2024
Individual Factors
1. Across all local and unitary authorities in pan-Lancashire:
• Self-reportedhighanxietyisworsethantheEnglandnationalaverage
• Goodlevelofdevelopmentinrelationtotheexpectedearlylearninggoalsatthe end of reception is below the England national average
• Averageattainment8score(academicperformance)insecondaryschoolisbelow
England National Average
2. In Blackpool, secondary school fixed-term exclusions and not in education, employment or training (NEET) levels are worse than the England national average
Close Relationship Factors
1. Across all of the local and unitary authorities in pan-Lancashire, there is a higher rate of:
• Childrenincare
• Domesticviolenceandabuseinhouseholdswithchildren
2. 11 out 14 of the pan-Lancashire Districts have a higher than the national average percentage of unemployment
Communities and Wider Society Factors
1. Across all of the local and unitary authorities in pan-Lancashire, there is a higher rate of children in absolute low-income families and living in fuel poverty
2. Out of 324 local authority areas in the UK, where 1 has the most social mobility and 324 has the least, Blackpool is ranked 316th
3. 1, South Ribble is ranked 227 and Pendle is ranked 208th
4. There is a wide variation in deprivation levels across Lancashire-14, with Blackpool identified as the most deprived area in England, with Ribble Valley ranked 282 out of 317 local authorities
5. Blackpool, Preston and Blackburn with Darwen have the highest percentage of serious violence across the Lancashire- 14 districts
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