Annex A & 903 Sex Sex Item 9 ID Both Annex A & 903 Child's Unique ID Child's Unique ID Item 14 Child's current legal status/is the child currently looked after? Both Annex A & 903 Child's legal status Child's legal status Item 26 Ethnicity Both Annex A & 903 Ethnicity Ethnicity Item 464 Date of health form/assessment completion? Both Annex A & 903 Date of last health assessment Date of last health assessment Item 915 Placement location Both Annex A & 903 Placement location Placement location Data items collected by all LAs as 'local' data Table 5 below shows that there are 38 data items collected locally by all four LAs, but which are not collected as statutory data in either the 903 or Ofsted Annex A returns. Some of these data items appear very similar to those collected in the statutory returns but serve different purposes. For instance, ‘Ethnic Identity’ (item 27) is a ‘local’ data item, which is similar to the statutory data item ‘Ethnicity’ (item 26). While they are similar, ‘Ethnic Identity’ collects information that is more personal and specific to the child’s experiences. It goes beyond just categorising ethnic groups (which ‘Ethnicity’ does) and may include more individualised information, such as religious persuasion, cultural and linguistic background, and racial 31 DfE Project 2A: User research into social worker inputted data to CMS origin. This is an example of where local data is collected to have a holistic view of the child/young person to provide the right support for them and meet their needs – something which the statutory data does not need to do. When looking at the data items in table 5, we can see that these items often refer to practical considerations needed to care for the child that may flag up local procedures or considerations, but do not 