The report, titled The Childhood Lottery: The Hardest Places to Grow Up in England, examines 162 measures of children’s lives across the country. Cheshire West and Chester secured the sixth position nationally. Notably, the borough stands out as a significant exception to the wider north/south divide identified in the analysis.
The comprehensive study considers a broad spectrum of factors that impact children and young people, including their health, educational attainment, experiences of poverty, housing conditions, exposure to crime, and the effectiveness of children’s social care services.
“"The Children’s Commissioner has stressed that the report is not a performance table of councils. Instead, it is intended to show differences in children’s needs and outcomes in different parts of England. The report also focuses on the future of devolution and calls for children’s needs and outcomes to have a stronger role in future regional decision making."
Further details and the full Childhood Lottery Report are available online.
