Education and Skills - Ninth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 23 March 2005.
Contents
Terms of Reference
REPORT
Summary
1 Introduction
2 Background
Lord Laming's inquiry into the death
of Victoria Climbié
Every Child Matters—key proposals
The Children Act 2004
Initial impressions
3 Overarching issues
Pacing change at policy level
Local determination and the role of central
Government
Maintaining political momentum for a ten-year
programme of change
4 Placing children, young people and families
at the centre of the reforms
An outcomes-based approach
Involving children, young people and parents
Children's Commissioner for England
International comparisons
The Purpose of the Commissioner for England
Role
Independence
Jurisdiction
5 Integrated services at the front line
Integrated front line teams—a clear
vision?
Lead professional
Co-location
Workforce development and training needs
Integrated working and professional identities
Managerial competency
Funding of workforce development
6 Integrated processes
Initial development work on the indexes—context
Will child indexes improve outcomes for children?
'Flags of concern' and the recording of sensitive
information
Security
Monitoring and ensuring accuracy of information
on the databases
Unique identifying number
Common Assessment Framework
Link between assessment and assistance
7 Integrated strategy and governance
Integrated inspection arrangements
Accurately measuring attainment of outcomes
Inspection and improvement
Integrated inspection teams and joint training
Ofsted's role as lead agency at a time of
restructuring
Local co-operation arrangements: involving
schools and GPs
Joint commissioning and budget-pooling
Director of Children's Services
Background of appointees
Responsibility without power?
Children's Trust boards and Local Safeguarding
Children Boards
8 Inter-departmental
and Governmental issues
Funding—overall costs of programme
of reform
Costs of transition and training
DfES restructuring
Intra-departmental policy
Inter-departmental policy
Annex A
Conclusions and recommendations
Formal minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence
List of unprinted written evidence
Reports from the Education and Skills Committee,
Session 2004-05
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 40-II)
WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 40-II)
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