Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI)

Back in 2016 when we began our Assistant Head journey, we became aware of the IDACI for the first time. 

On the Ofsted 'Inspection data summary report' (IDSR), there is a section in 'School level trends' called 'the school deprivation indicator based on the 2015 Index of Income Deprivation Affecting Children'. So, where does this information come from?

I had to ask my brother! He works for the local authority.

We started with this:

The Indices of Deprivation are prepared using the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) geography which has the dual benefits of consistent size throughout England, and being stable over time so that changes in deprivation levels can be measured.

There are 32,844 LSOAs in England. Deprivation scores are calculated for each LSOA and they are then ranked from 1 (most deprived) to 32,844 (least deprived).

 

The 'Indices of Deprivation 2015 explorer' map is useful. 

 

 

For our school, we found that it is "32,140 out of 32,844 LSOAs in England; where 1 is the most deprived LSOA. This is amongst the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in the country."

 

The data behind your LSOA can be found here.

 

And, there's the 'English indices of deprivation 2015' for all the data.

Not the most vital piece of information on your ISDR, but useful knowing where it has come from.