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Network Evenings for Governors :
Every Child Matters
26th January & 21st June 2006
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* The overall aim of ECM is to reduce the risk to children and maximise opportunities to develop their full potential
* holistic approach (protection can't be separated from policies to improve children's lives as a whole).
* The strategy is intended to achieve 5 outcomes for children :
' Being healthy ' physical, mental, lifestyle
' Staying safe ' avoiding harm/neglect
' Enjoying and achieving ' 'getting the most out of life and developing the skills for adulthood?'
* The strategy is intended to achieve 5 outcomes for children :
' Being healthy ' physical, mental, lifestyle
' Staying safe ' avoiding harm/neglect
' Enjoying and achieving ' 'getting the most out of life and developing the skills for adulthood?'
' Making a positive contribution ' involvement in community/society, not anti-social/offending behaviour
' Economic well-being ' in order to achieve full potential in life.
' Every related document and strategy is built around these 5 outcomes.
Excerpts taken from Summary and Implications for Education for Global Citizenship (E4GC)
by Oxfam Development Education Team
Vicdeved@oxfam.org.uk
by Oxfam Development Education Team
Vicdeved@oxfam.org.uk
* Key mechanisms for achieving the 5 outcomes are:
* Improved information sharing between agencies (including schools) - including shared databases/indexes
* Introduction of lead professional to ensure a coherent package of services for each child
* Development of multi-disciplinary teams based in one place (including schools)
* Common Assessment Framework (CAF) for children - all of child's individual, family and community needs, including SEN (individual assessment, nationally standardised framework)
* Children and Young People's Plan (local authority level) - analysis of all children's
* services in terms of 5 outcomes (replaces other statutory plans)
* Common Assessment Framework (CAF) for children - all of child's individual, family and community needs, including SEN (individual assessment, nationally standardised framework)
* Children and Young People's Plan (local authority level) - analysis of all children's
* services in terms of 5 outcomes (replaces other statutory plans)
* Children's Trust (local authority level) - brings together all services for children within an area, local structures for integration of services
Key points relating to education
* Emphasis on interdependence of educational achievement and well-being
* children learn and thrive when healthy, safeguarded and engaged
* educational achievement is the most effective way to improve outcomes for poor children (route out of poverty and disaffection).
* Schools are key in supporting children's 'wider well-being'
* children learn and thrive when healthy, safeguarded and engaged
* educational achievement is the most effective way to improve outcomes for poor children (route out of poverty and disaffection).
* Schools are key in supporting children's 'wider well-being'
* personalised approach to learning
* raising educational standards
* attendance and behaviour.
* Emphasis on development of extended schools/services
?* provide a range of services and activities, often beyond the school day, e.g. adult education, study support, ICT, sports, childcare, healthcare, social services
* raising educational standards
* attendance and behaviour.
* Emphasis on development of extended schools/services
?* provide a range of services and activities, often beyond the school day, e.g. adult education, study support, ICT, sports, childcare, healthcare, social services