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Cheshire West & Chester Council
West Cheshire
Children’s Trust
Children and Young
People’s Plan 2015 - 2019
Updated July 2015
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West Cheshire Children’s Trust Children and Young People’s Plan 2015 - 2019 3 Contents Introduction and Foreword 4 West Cheshire Children’s Trust Vision 5 Health And Wellbeing Strategy 2015-2020 Priorities 6 Cheshire West And Chester Local Safeguarding Children Board 7 (LSCB) Business Plan 2015-2019 West Cheshire Children’s Trust Strategic Outcomes 8
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Introduction and Foreword
As Strategic Director of Children and Families Service and Chair of West Cheshire
Children’s Trust I am personally accountable for the successful implementation of the
West Cheshire Children and Young People’s Plan. Our focus is about improving
outcomes for children, young people and their families locally.
West Cheshire Children’s Trust and its Children and Young People’s Plan shows how the public
and voluntary sector work collaboratively and in partnership to improve outcomes and
wellbeing of every child and young person and family in Cheshire West and Chester.
Our vision is that in West Cheshire we will work together to support families to keep children
and young people happy, healthy and safe.
This refresh of the 2012 -2016 Plan is part of the regular review and monitoring of the Plan and
outlines five revised strategic outcomes. This Plan and progress made against outcomes will
be rigorously monitored by the Children’s Trust, supported by a number of Strategy Groups
responsible for the day to day delivery of the outcomes. The Plan will also be reviewed and
challenged by our Local Safeguarding Children’s Board.
I look forward to leading our partnership for children and families and seeing the
improvements we are able to deliver jointly through this strategy and action plan.
Gerald Meehan
Strategic Director for Children and Families Service
Cheshire West and Chester Council
Chair, West Cheshire Children’s Trust
West Cheshire Children’s Trust Children and Young People’s Plan 2015 - 2019 5 West Cheshire Children’s Trust Vision In West Cheshire we will work together to support families to keep children and young people happy, healthy and safe. Children’s Trust – Governance West Cheshire Children and Young People’s Plan is the single overarching strategic plan for all services which directly support children and young people in the Borough. It shows how the local authority and all other relevant partners will work collaboratively and in partnership, to improve outcomes and the wellbeing of every child, young person and family in Cheshire West and Chester. Children and young people are simply not recipients or consumers of the services we provide. The partnership believes that our services should be shaped, designed and evaluated by those who use them. Our current systems are being improved so that the voice of the children and young people is heard, recorded and acted upon in all the work we do including; • Children in Care Council (CICC) • Cheshire West and Chester Young People’s Senate, which includes the UK Youth Parliament representatives for CWAC • Disabled Children’s Champion Group – Sorter Outers • School Councils • Youth Projects Members’ Committee e.g. Amplify (young people working with staff in the running of the club/project) • Patient Participation Group • School’s Champions for Commissioning (representatives of children from all special schools and mainstream schools) • Parent/Carer Forum (parents participate in reforms around SEN – co-producing new policy/recommendations) • Creation of new Emotional Health and Wellbeing Partnership – children and young people have been at the heart of its development. Our responsibilities include: • Developing, publishing and reviewing the Children and Young People’s Plan; • Outlining the strategic framework for how partners will co-operate to improve the wellbeing of children and young people in Cheshire West and Chester (West Cheshire Strategic Commissioning Framework); • Monitoring the extent to which the partners act collaboratively to deliver the Children and Young People’s Plan; • Work with the Cheshire West and Chester Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) to keep children and young people safe and protected. We have a protocol that sets out the relationship between Children’s Trust and LSCB. • Work with and report to the Health and Wellbeing Board (HWBB) to ensure that priorities in the HWBB are reflected in the Children and Young People’s Plan and to act as the delivery mechanism for those priorities reporting to the HWBB.
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Health And Wellbeing Strategy 2015-2020
Priorities
Vision
The vision for the Health and Wellbeing Strategy is to improve the health and wellbeing of our local
population and reduce health inequalities, enabling residents to live more fulfilling, independent and
healthy lives. We will do this by working with communities and residents to improve opportunities for
all to have a healthy, safe and fulfilling life.
Priority High Level Outcome Key Issues
Starting Well Every child and young person has the Child Poverty, School readiness,
best start in life in Cheshire West and breastfeeding prevalence, excess weight
Chester. and unintentional and deliberate injuries.
Living Well People lead more healthy lifestyles Living a healthy life prevents illness and
and can make the healthy choice the enhances wellbeing. Key lifestyle issues
easy choice. facing the local population are smoking,
healthy weight, physical activity and
substance misuse. Factors such as housing,
employment and education all have
considerable impact on an individual’s
health.
Mental Health Improved mental health, wellbeing Good mental health is central to an
and personal resilience for our individual’s quality of life and economic
residents. success. Having a mental health problem
increases the risk of physical ill health. Early
diagnosis of mental health conditions is
important so that people can receive the
appropriate support or treatment.
Ageing Well Older residents are living healthier Over the next 10 years the population is
and more independent lives feel expected to increase particularly amongst
supported and have a good quality of those aged over 65 years. The ageing
life. population will mean that more people are
living long enough to develop conditions of
ageing, become frail and develop
functional, sensory and cognitive
impairment.
West Cheshire Children’s Trust Children and Young People’s Plan 2015 - 2019 7 Cheshire West And Chester Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) Business Plan 2015-2019 Vision The LSCB seeks to ensure that every child and young person in Cheshire West and Chester grows up in a safe environment that enables them to achieve their full potential. Strategic Priorities: • To be assured that there is efficient, effective and co-ordinated responses to the identified needs of children, across the ‘continuum of need’ that results in improved outcomes for those children (Improving Outcomes). • To demonstrate that the voice of the child is central to our work and that the views of young people, their families and frontline practitioners inform practices and shape services. (Engagement). • To be assured that we know our most vulnerable children and effectively safeguard them. (Knowledge). • To continually develop and improve the way we work so that outcomes for children improve. (Learning). • To provide strategic leadership across the partnership in relation to safeguarding. (Leadership).
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West Cheshire Children’s Trust Strategic
Outcomes
The Children and Young People’s Plan is based on evidence taken from past performance, needs
assessments and agreed priorities with our partners. The Children and Young People’s Plan sets a
clear direction for the West Cheshire Strategic Partnership for the next 4 years. The strategic
partnership has agreed the following revised strategic outcomes:
1. To promote and improve the emotional health and wellbeing of children, young people and their
families (Emotional Health and Wellbeing).
2. To support our Children in Care and Care Leavers to enable them to achieve their full potential
(Children in Care and Care Leavers).
3. The needs of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disability are met
(SEND).
4. Intervening in a joined up way at the earliest possible stage to prevent problems escalating with
children, young people and their families (Prevention).
5. To promote the development of children in the Early Years so that the gap in outcomes between
vulnerable children and their peers is closed (Early Years Closing the Gap).
West Cheshire Children’s Trust Children and Young People’s Plan 2015 - 2019 9 Strategic Outcome 1 Lead: Alistair Jeffs Emotional Health and Wellbeing (EHWB) Promote and improve the emotional health and wellbeing of children, young people and their families. What have we achieved so far? • Improving collaborative commissioning opportunities through the newly commissioned 5-19 Health and Wellbeing Service, 0-5 Healthy Child Programme and Drug and Alcohol Service • Self-care programme developed by Public Health and key health partners and a self-care resource implemented and in circulation What do we know? • In CWAC intentional self-harm accounted for 34% (n= 169) of hospital admissions for injuries in 15-24 year olds during 2013-14. Of these 91% were poisoning. • The most common health diagnosis for children aged over 5 living in care in CWAC is emotional, behavioural and mental health issues. • CWAC integrated youth support service recording system highlights issues covered during youth club sessions. The top issue most raised in sessions was relationships. This was followed by education and family issues. Key outcomes for the partnership are…… • Improve emotional health and wellbeing in children and young people in the Borough. What we will do… • Integrated Strategic Needs Assessment (ISNA) to be completed focussing on EHWB needs of CWAC children and young people - set up EHWB Partnership which includes key providers, commissioners and young people. • Promote resilience, prevention and early intervention. • Improve access to effective support and review the tiers system. • Ensure emotional health and wellbeing support is available and easily accessible for our most vulnerable children and young people. • Improve accountability and transparency and ensure all partners are working towards the same outcomes in an integrated way. • Develop the workforce and equip them with the skills to support children and young people with emotional health and wellbeing issues. How will we know if we have been successful? • The ISNA is addressing children and young people’s emotional health and wellbeing effectively and comprehensively • Children, young people and their families are being supported to maintain good mental health. • We are taking early action with children, young people and parents who may be at greater risk of poor mental health. • We are ensuring early identification to prevent more serious problems developing, whenever possible. • Children, young people and their parents are aware of where and how to get help. • Pathways are clear for children and young people to access the right support at the right time for their emotional health and wellbeing needs. • Access and waiting times are in line with NHS England standards. • Services provided are based on sound evidence base and good practice • There is a clear accountable Partnership, to co-ordinate the implementation and delivery of an agreed partner action plan. • Professionals across health, education and social care are confident in promoting good mental health and wellbeing and able to identify problems early.
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Strategic Outcome 2 Lead: Emma Taylor
Support our Children in Care and Care Leavers to enable them to achieve their full potential
Nationally and locally figures for children in care are increasing. Children who are vulnerable are a high
priority. We are aspirational about outcomes for our looked after children and will continue to provide
support to enable them to achieve their full potential. Overseeing the work of the partnership in improving
outcomes for children in care and care leavers is the Corporate Parenting Panel.
What have we achieved so far?
• Cared for children destinations December 2014/January 2015 - 72% in Education, Employment and
Training (EET) 28% Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET)
• The percentage of children in care being adopted has been increasing since 2012. 15 children were
adopted in 2013. Since 1 April 2014, 25 children have been adopted
What do we know?
• There are 488 Children in Care in CWAC at the end of May 2015.
• Over the past four years the rate of increase of CWACs total numbers of children in care is higher
than that of England.
• The increasing demand in placements has led to an increased proportion of children placed more
than 20 miles from their home and outside the CWAC boundary (43% outside the LA boundary as at
June 2014)
• In 2014 around 10% of children in care in CWAC were not up to date with immunisations.
• The most common diagnosis for children over 5 years was emotional, behavioural and mental
issues, this was followed by speech and language delay. The most common health referral was to
ophthalmology followed by child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS)
• In 2014 19.4% of children in care achieved 5 GCSEs grade A* to C (including English and Maths)
compared to 63% of all pupils.
Key outcomes for the partnership are……
• Keeping families supported to avoid children going into care
• All Children in Care have equitable access to appropriate health interventions
• Improved children and young people’s experience of adoption services
• The emotional health and wellbeing needs of our Children in Care is met
• Raise the educational attainment of Children in Care and close the gap between them and their peers.
What we will do…
• The voice of the child is included in all we do
• Be a good Corporate Parent
• Ensure Care Leavers have access to appropriate accommodation (Housing Strategy implemented)
• Ensure Care Leavers have access to and benefit from employment and training
• Help Children in Care to achieve their educational potential
• Ensure Children in Care and Care Leavers have access to a wide range of good quality health services
and know how to access them
• Ensure all Children in Care have access to quality care
• Ensure connection is made with national and regional initiatives.West Cheshire Children’s Trust Children and Young People’s Plan 2015 - 2019 11 How will we know if we have been successful? • Percentage increase in Care Leavers accessing suitable accommodation locally • EET figures for Children in Care (CiC) and Care Leavers are same as or better than statistical neighbours • Increased number of Children in Care offered apprenticeships within the Council, partner agencies and other local agencies • Be better than national average and statistical neighbours on closing the attainment gap between children in care and their peers • Improvements in overall timeliness of completions and quality of Personal Education Plans (PEPs) for Children in Care via improved termly reporting • Increase in the number of vocational opportunities for CiC and Care Leavers • Increase in timely CIC Immunisation and Dental checks. Timely and high quality Initial Health Assessments and Review Assessments • Increased uptake of Health Passports for CiC aged 14+ • Number of CiC accessing support for emotional health and wellbeing, including access to specialist provision where necessary • Suitable good quality placements in borough (Ofsted ratings – good/outstanding percentages) and reduction in number of out of borough placements • Improvement in placement stability of Children in Care • Fewer Children reported missing and a reduction in episodes lasting more than 24 hours • Increase and sustained involvement of children and young people into service review and development including Children in Care Council and its Pledge
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Strategic Outcome 3 Lead: Mark Parkinson
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
Reforms within the Children and Families Act 2014 will radically change how we support children with
special educational needs and disability in the future. This includes the introduction of Education Health and
Care Plans (EHC Plans) for children and young people up to the age of 25 years and for the first time parents
and young people will be entitled to the option of a personal budget in order to extend their choice and
control over their support. The local authority also provides information about services available through the
local offer.
What have we achieved so far?
• All Special Schools are good or outstanding in the Borough
• Local offer website developed and official launch 24th March 2015
http://www.westcheshirelocaloffer.co.uk/kb5/cheshirewestandchester/directory/home.page
• Assessment pathways, transition arrangements, integrated assessment, data sharing, workforce
development and EHC Plan finalised and deemed compliant with Code of Practice by the DfE.
• Evaluation and recommendations for developing early years’ SEN was approved by the SEND Strategic
Group.
• A ‘position statement’ has been produced by both the LA and NHS West Cheshire CCG for the strategic
development of personal budgets – deemed compliant by DfE. A position statement will be produced by
NHS Vale Royal CCG
• Post 16 pathways are being developed
• Draft Disabled Children’s Strategy produced.
• Designated Medical Officer and Designated Clinical Officer appointed for the NHS West Cheshire and
NHS Vale Royal CCGs areas respectively.
• 19-25 years medical assessments commissioned and in place
What do we know?
• The percentage of CWAC pupils with a special educational need (SEN) statement is 3%. At 31st August
2014 there were 1,450 children and young people aged 2-19 years with statements.
• In 2013-14 there were 155 statements of SEN issued NOTE: from September 2014 there are no longer
statements of SEN and current statements to be transferred to Education, Health and Care Plans.
• At January 2014 there were 6,625 pupils (13%) with special educational needs without a statement.
• In CWAC the greatest numbers of children with SEN statements are due to Autistic Spectrum Disorder
followed by cognition and learning and behavioural, emotional and social difficulties.
• Children in CWAC with SEN perform significantly worse than their peers in school. In 2013 18% of pupils
with SEN statements and 36% of pupils with SEN but no statement achieved level 4 or above in reading,
writing and maths at key stage 2 compared to 88% of all other pupils
• In 2013 12% of pupils with SEN statements and 29% of pupils with SEN but no statement achieved 5
GCSEs A* to C or equivalent (including English and Maths) compared to 72% of pupils with no identified
SEN.
• At March 2013 there were 236 children in need due to their disability or illness. Of children in need 313
had a disability a rate of 16.1 per 10,000. 48% were reported as having learning difficulties, 29% with
Autism or Asperger’s Syndrome and 21% had communication issues.West Cheshire Children’s Trust Children and Young People’s Plan 2015 - 2019 13 Key outcomes for the partnership are…… • All children and young people with special educational needs, or disabilities (SEND) have their needs identified and met early. • All children, young people and their families receive high quality provision which results in better educational outcomes and improved progression to adulthood. • All children and young people with special educational needs, or disabilities (SEND) are supported to reach their full potential in school and make successful transition to adulthood.. What we will do… • Continue to develop effective multi-agency working between Education, Children’s Social Care, Health, Adult’s Social Care and providers through the SEND Strategic Group. • Continue to implement the SEN Reforms including the 3-year transition plan; ensure that Education Health and Care Plan assessments are completed in statutory timelines; use customer views to inform the ongoing development of the Education, Health and Care Needs assessment • Implement the improvements in SEN provision required at Early Years and post-16. Develop post-16 and post-19 provision to improve learning pathways and progression so more children with SEN post-16 have their needs met “in borough” • Implement Personal Budgets • Develop a joint commissioning plan for children with SEND • Reduce the proportion of children with SEN entering very specialist provision, as appropriate, by improving the quality of support and provision of mainstream schools • Implement new mediation and dispute resolution arrangements and the appropriate training for the workforce. • Finalise arrangements for residential provision in Special Schools and links with short breaks and respite provision. • Finalise and implement the Disabled Children’s Strategy. How will we know if we have been successful? • Through the quality assurance and feedback methods for the SEN Reforms including the Local Offer • Establish monitoring and reporting arrangements with the SEND Strategic Group. • Ensure that the LA and its partners evaluate themselves as good or better against the new OFSTED SEN Framework
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Strategic Outcome 4 Lead: Helen Brackenbury
Prevention
We are committed to early help and prevention for all families. Early help includes universal and targeted
services which are delivered and deployed in partnership and designed to reduce or prevent specific
problems from escalating or becoming entrenched.
What have we achieved so far?
• Integrated Early Support (IES) Strategy developed
• Mobilisation of IES Service across the West Cheshire family.
• Cheshire West and Chester is an early adopter for the expanded Troubled Families Programme
• NHS West Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is a vanguard site for a New Care Models
Programme, which includes building on the Integrated Early Support Team Model for complex families
to enable a more holistic approach to the health and wellbeing of children and their families
What do we know?
• Breastfeeding rates in CWAC are worse than the England average and have been falling. During 2013-14
the proportion of mothers initiating breastfeeding at birth was 65.3% compared to the England rate of
73.9%. At 6-8 weeks the proportion of babies being breastfed fell to 35.1% also lower than the national
average of 45.9%.
• In CWAC (2013-14) 24% of children aged 4-5 were overweight or obese; this is higher than England. For
10-11 year olds 31% were overweight and 18% were considered obese this is lower than the England
average. There are differences across the authority with more deprived areas having a higher proportion
of children with excess weight.
• In 2013-14 there were 678 emergency hospital admissions for an injury among CWAC children under the
age of 15. The admission rate is significantly higher than the England average, of the admissions 46%
were for children aged under 5, occurred in the home and caused by a fall. Falls accounted for the
largest proportion of injuries for 5-14 year olds though the proportion of injuries caused by transport
accidents and intentional self-harm increases.
• In 2013-14 there were 500 emergency hospital admissions for an unintentional or deliberate injury for
CWAC young people aged between 15 and 24. Young people living in more deprived areas had a
significantly higher admission rate than their peers. 41% of injury admissions in young people were for a
deliberate injury, most commonly self-harm by poisoning. Intentional self-harm accounted for 34% of
admissions in 15-24 year olds, 91% for poisoning.
• In 2013-14 there were 281 emergency hospital admissions for children aged under 19 with lower
respiratory tract infections in CWAC. This is significantly higher than England. Ellesmere Port locality and
Northwich and Winsford locality are comparable with the worst 25% of local authorities nationally. Over
90% of children admitted were under 5. 85% of admissions had a primary diagnosis of bronchitis
• In 2013-14 there were 241 unplanned hospital admissions for children in CWAC due to asthma, diabetes
and epilepsy. CWAC is in the worst 50% of local authorities for emergency admissions related to these
conditions. Our more deprived areas have rates that are 25% higher than our less deprived areas.
• In the period 2010-11 to 2012-13 108 people aged under 18 were admitted to hospital for alcohol specific
conditions in CWAC. This is a rate of 54 admissions per 100,000 which is higher than the England rate of
45 per 100,000.
• Since the introduction of Team Around the Family (TAF) in 2012 there has been a steady increase in the
number of TAF assessments completed. Data from TAFs opened in 2013-14 shows that 932 TAFs were
opened from 19 different agencies across CWAC with primary education and Integrated Early Support
initiating most TAFs. Over 450 children have been stepped down from level 4 acute services to receive
level 2 or 3 interventions through TAF. In 2013-14 480 TAFs (53%) closed in this period as a result of needs
being metWest Cheshire Children’s Trust Children and Young People’s Plan 2015 - 2019 15 • Around 400 individuals are supported or provided with a service each month by CWACs Early Support Access Team (ESAT). Contact is for complex level 3 cases and the Police are the main source of contacts. Domestic Abuse is the main feature of concern. Key outcomes for the partnership are…… • All the children’s workforce has a clear understanding of the continuum of need and the thresholds within it. • All stakeholders encourage the use of an agreed set of evidence based assessment tools to support a standardised approach by the children’s workforce (Safe Lives previously known as Co-ordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse - CAADA, Domestic Abuse Stalking and Harassment Risk Identification Checklist – DASH, Home Conditions Check List, and Graded Care Profile). • All stakeholders promote the vision outlined in 1001 Critical Days to enable early identification for children under 2 across the Borough • All stakeholders to promote and actively encourage the use of TAF assessments for families experiencing difficulties at level 2 on the continuum of need (pending agreement from LSCB to amend the continuum of need). • Ensure all families with a range of complex needs (at Level 3 on Continuum of Need) are supported through a TAF. • All stakeholders have a clear understanding about the health issues highlighted in the Integrated Strategic Needs Assessment (ISNA) and disseminate this across their workforce to ensure appropriate packages are in place as part of a TAF. • All stakeholders ensuring any families with multiple and complex needs are referred to the Early Support Access Team. • A clear understanding about need/demand across the Borough through the assessment process. • Improved outcomes and life chances through further reforms to front line delivery to achieve a more holistic approach to the health and wellbeing of children and their families. • Earlier support provided to children, young people and their families preventing health issues escalating. • Reduced hospital admissions to children due to injury. • Reduced hospital admissions and re-admissions for children and young people related to alcohol. What we will do… • Ensure that there is a communication strategy for the continuum of need • Ensure that there is a Continuum of Need Champion in all partner agencies. • Put in place training in respect of the agreed set of evidence based assessment tools. • Operational leads within all organisations committing to the implementation and quality assurance of these tools across their service area. • Full stakeholder commitment to the use of TAF by all staff working with families who have level 2 and 3 needs as their method of assessment (initiation, review and the role of the lead professional). • Full stakeholder commitment to initiating, reviewing and taking a lead in the TAF process where possible using eTAF • Ensure that health needs are always considered as part of the assessment process • Ensure that all organisations engage actively with Early support Access Team (ESAT) and Integrated Early support (IES)
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• Build on the Integrated Early Support Team Model for complex families to increase the level of
integration between services, including further alignment to achieve greater integration between
established teams and local health services.
• Co-design service pathways with children and young people; including self-care; and their carers to
maximise their ability to self-care, particularly for those with a long term condition.
• Ensure that commissioning is reflective of identified needs.
• Explore the introduction of a home safety scheme and the associated workforce training.
• Introduce a substance misuse Screening and Referral Tool.
How will we know if we have been successful?
• Staff report a greater understanding of the thresholds of need
• More appropriate referrals are being made to ESAT and CART (reduction in the number of No Further
Action cases (NFAs)
• Increase in referrals that were supported by evidence based assessment tools
• Increase in the number of evidence based assessments completed on eTAF
• Increase in the number of TAFs initiated by partner organisations at level 2 on the continuum of need
• Increase in the number of TAFs where partner organisations are taking the role of lead professional
• Reduction in the number of referrals to Children’s Social Care where there is no evidence of early help
assessment and interventions
• An improved ISNA dashboard
• Final report from the University of Chester evaluation
• Increase in partner organisations utilising eTAF system
• Improved safety in the home
• Increased numbers of at risk young drinkers are identified
• Reduction in emergency admissions for children and young people with long term conditionsWest Cheshire Children’s Trust Children and Young People’s Plan 2015 - 2019 17 Strategic Outcome 5 Lead: Mark Parkinson Closing the Gap (Early Years) To promote the development of children in the Early Years so that the gap in outcomes between vulnerable children and their peers is closed. What have we achieved so far? • Appointed Virtual Head • Introduced termly Personal Education Plans (PEPs) • Good practice is shared via head teacher meetings, through training offered by advisers and Quality Learning Partners (QLP) • EYFS performance has improved significantly and now above national average What do we know? • In 2013 by the end of reception year 52% of children achieved a good level of development similar to the England average of 52%. The percentage of children with free school meal status achieving a good level was 31%, this is worse than the England rate of 36%. In 2014 61% of reception children reached a good level of development. (England - 60%), with Free school Meal (FSM) pupils achieving 44% compared to the England average of 45%. The FSM gap narrowed in 2014 by 5%, from 25% to 20%. • In 2013 67% of year 1 pupils achieved the expected level in the phonics screening check, compared to the England average of 69%. In 2014 74% of CWAC year 1 pupils achieved the expected level in the phonics screening check, the same as the England average for 2014. The percentage of children with free school meal status who achieved the expected level in the phonics screening check in 2014 was 56% from 47% in 2013. This is worse than the England average of 61% (56% in 2013). • 2013 data shows that 54% of pupils eligible for free school meals achieved level 4 or above in reading, writing and maths at key stage 2 compared to 81% of all other pupils. This is a 27 percentage point difference. In 2014 the gap narrowed to 24% (59% of pupils eligible for free school meals compared to 83% of all other pupils). • In 2014 28% of pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) achieved 5 GCSEs grade A* to C or equivalent (including English and Maths) compared to 67% of pupils not eligible for FSM. Due to the implementation of major reforms in 2014, data from previous years is not comparable. • Differences in attainment exist between CWAC localities. In 2014 in the Rural locality 69% of pupils achieved 5 GCSEs grade A* to C (including English and Maths) compared to 45% in Ellesmere Port locality (56% in Chester and 57% in Northwich and Winsford). • During 2013/14 the proportion of mothers initiating breastfeeding at birth was 65.3% compared to England rate 73.9%. At 6-8 weeks the proportion of babies being breastfed fell to 35.1% compared to national average of 45.9% • In 2013/14, there were 678 emergency hospital admissions for an injury among CWaC children under the age of 15. Per head of population in this age group, and for children aged under 5 years, the admission rate is significantly higher than England average. Key outcomes for the partnership are…… • The Education gap between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged children is closed so that all children are able to achieve their goals and aspirations and become eager to learn and confident to achieve their potential. • Under performance in the Early Years phase is eradicated • Improved levels of school readiness • Increase the access to 2 year old funded provision
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• Maintain and improve take-up to 3 and 4 year old funded places
• Greater engagement with TAF process across the Partnership
• Joined up 2 year development checks
• Improved Oral health and reduction in hospital admissions for teeth extraction
• Reduction in Hospital Admissions 0-5
• Improved Emotional Health and Wellbeing of 0-5s (EY settings understand using risk indicator check list,
reporting of domestic abuse)
• Improved breastfeeding rates
• Improved smoking cessation rates for mums-to-be
• Direct resources effectively at locality level based on locality data
• Easy access to Services
• Reduction in health inequalities and improved access and service for deprived areas
• Monitor and improve attendance and punctuality at settings
• Promotion of self-care, where appropriate
• Improved integrated working with other services to ensure a holistic care approach to vulnerable
children
What we will do…
• SMART targets, termly PEPs
• Multi agency care planning meetings
• Encourage families to access their free nursery entitlement
• Co-design service pathways with children and their families to maximise their ability to self-care
• Facilitate by appropriate attendance at planning meetings
How will we know if we have been successful?
• Educational attainment gap closing
• Uptake of 2 year old funded places is increased
• Uptake of 3 & 4 Year old funded places is increased
• Regular attendance for dental checks
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