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Every Child Matters and
the National Indicator Set
Isabella Craig
Department for Children Schools & Families
England
Every Child Matters (ECM)
 Green Paper 2003
 Lord Laming enquiry
– Identified failures to intervene early
 Children Act 2004
– Created Children’s Trusts, Directors of
Children’s Services, Local Safeguarding
Children Boards, duty to safeguard children
– Integrated inspection framework
ECM Outcomes Framework
 Five outcomes for children:
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be healthy
stay safe
enjoy and achieve
make a positive contribution
achieve economic wellbeing
 Underpinned by:
• 25 aims
• Inspection framework
• Targets and indicators
Indicator on road traffic accidents
DfT 5:
PSA
5: Reduce
numberof
of children
or seriously
injured
in Greatin
Britain
in
DfT PSA
Reduce
thethe
number
childrenkilled
killed
or seriously
injured
Great
road
accidents
by 50%
by50%
2010,by
compared
with the average
tacking
the
Britain in
road
accidents
by
2010, compared
withfor
the1994-98,
average
for 1994-98,
significantly
higherincidence
incidence inindisadvantaged
communities
tackling the significantly
higher
disadvantaged
communities
8,000
7,000
How we've done so far & where are we
heading? (progress)
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
Where do we need to get to? (target)
2,000
1,000
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1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Local Government White Paper
 Aim: to bring more power to local government, local
communities and other local service providers
 New performance framework
– 198 indicators across all local government (National
Indicator Set)
– Up to 35 priorities agreed for each area through Local
Area Agreement
– Comprehensive Area Assessment
 Reducing Data Burdens
The Children’s Plan
 New Department for Children Schools and Families
created in 2007
 2020 goals: “This country should be the best place in
the world for children and young people to grow up”
 Children’s Plan goals relate to ECM outcomes,
Department Strategic Objectives and Public Service
Agreements
– Monitored through National Indicator Set
NI 50: EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN 2008-09
(FROM THE TELLUS3 SURVEY): By Local Authority
NI 50: Emotional
health of children
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66.1 - 71.2
64.4 - 66.0
62.7 - 64.3
60.6 - 62.6
 The percentage of
children who enjoy
good relationships
with their family and
friends
 Data taken from TellUs
survey
55.0 - 60.5
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NI 62: Stability of placements of looked after
children: number of placements
NI 62: The percentage of children looked after at 31 March with three
or more placements during the year ending 31 March
16.0
14.0
13.7
13.6
13.1
12.2
Percentage
12.0
11.4
11
10.4
9.8
2010
2011
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Year ending 31 March
Data taken from SSDA903
(looked after children) return
NI 75: Achievement at GCSE or equivalent
NI 75: Achievement of 5 or more A*- C grades at GCSE or equivalent
including English and Maths
50
45
40
Percentage
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08
Year
Current Developments
 NIS refresh
 School level wellbeing indicators
– DCSF/Ofsted consultation currently being
analysed
– Package of indicators proposed:
• School level data from NIS
(attendance, school lunch, sport etc)
• Parent and pupil perception surveys