Income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI)

Understand what the income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) is and how it relates to your school's funding.

Last reviewed on 5 December 2025See updates
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Contents
  1. What is the IDACI?
  2. The IDACI affects school funding
  3. Find IDACI data for your local areas

What is the IDACI?

The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) measures the proportion of all children aged 0 to 15 living in income-deprived families in different local areas called lower-layer super output areas (LSOAs) across England. Each LSOA usually has between 1,000 and 3,000 residents or 400 to 1,200 households. 

Each LSOA gets an IDACI score of between 0 and 1. For example, a score of 0.38 would mean that 38% of children aged 0 to 15 live in income-deprived families in that area. 

LSOAs are then ranked according to their levels of deprivation relative to that of other areas, with 1 being the most deprived.

The IDACI is a subset of the index of multiple deprivation (IMD)

The IMD and IDACI were most recently published in 2025. However, funding calculations for 2025-26 and 2026-27 are based on