Child Development and policy
interventions
5th November 2014
Janet Dullaghan
Head of Commissioning Child
Health and Wellbeing
Context
• Fastest Growing
City
• 24% child poverty
• Growing migrant
population
• 17% 0 – 4 year
olds in care are
Eastern European
Increasing numbers of children and
young people who have EAL:
• 135 languages now
spoken in our schools
• Of 1,000 new pupil
admissions between
October 2012 and
2013, 91% had English
as an Additional
Language
EAL Challenge
• Lower Year Group 40% EAL
• 18 months ago not doing well in Phonics
outcomes (year 1 test )
• EAL strategy with support for schools
developed
• outcome to half the attainment gap by
2016, already achieved January 2014
• Revised target to eliminate this by 2016
Peterborough has a growing and changing population
People in Peterborough will be living longer over the coming decades. Between 2010
and 2031 the population of children and young people is estimated to grow by 43% that growth is not expected to be even across all ages.
The population will become more diverse with increasing numbers of migrant
workers.
2010
2031
%
Change:
2010 to
2031
Age 0-4
10,300
17,100
24%
Age 5-10
13,200
20,800
55%
Age 11-15
10,800
17,000
55%
Age 16-19
7,900
12,400
48%
Total 0-19
44,210
69,331
43%
25000
Age Group
20000
15000
10000
5000
0
2001
Age 0-4
2010
2011
Age 5-10
2016
2021
Age 11-15
2026
2031
Age 16-19
Peterborough is not a great place to live if you are poor
Peterborough has pockets of real deprivation; particularly in the central urban parts of
the city. Some areas of the city are among the most deprived parts of the country;
other parts are in the most affluent areas.
47% of the lower super output areas (LSOAs) in Peterborough are in the top 30% most
deprived areas in England; 12.2% are in the 10% most deprived.
Decile of Overall IMD Rank 2010 for the 104
Peterborough LSOA’s
Indices of multiple deprivation 2010; national rank
30
25
20
15
24
10
29,654
19
13
5
12
13
7
22,547
12,875
7,734
4,893
1,448
0
Decile 1: 0- Decile 2:
10
10-20
7
7
2
Decile 3:
20-30
Decile 4:
30-40
Decile 5:
40-50
Decile 6:
50-60
Decile 7:
60-70
Decile 8:
70-80
Decile 9:
80-90
0
Decile 10:
90-100
Peterborough is not a great place to live if you are poor
Children eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) is a proxy indicator for poverty statistics.
Data on the educational gap between those with FSM and those without shows there is
a pronounced gap in Peterborough which is wider than that of the national average.
10
5
3
Av
3
-1
2
-2
3
2
-2
4
3
-1
-2
-2
-5
-5
-10
-9
-11
-13
-12
-11
-12
-14
-15
-20
3
2
-18
-19
-14
-18
-19
-19
-22
-23
-25
-30
-35
-40
-40
-45
KS1
Reading
KS1
Writing
England non-FSM
KS1
Maths
KS2
English
England FSM
KS2
Maths
KS2
Eng &
maths
Peterborough non-FSM
Av = England average for all pupils
GCSE
5 A*-C inc
EM
Peterborough FSM
GCSE
5 A*-C
Achievement Gap…
% Difference in Pupils Achieving 5 or more GCSE A*-C including
English & Maths in 2013
All Pupils
-4
Free School Meals
-7
English as First Language
-1
English not as First Language
-13
White Other
-16
Asian Pakistani
-8
Drivers for Change
• May 2010 the Government policy regarding early years shifted to
provide parents with a range of early years support and a more
targeted approach.
• This was reflected in the Government no longer giving the council
a specific pot of money to pay for children’s centres nor provides
any funding for new ones.
• New funding streams include:– Funded two year old childcare for families in need
– Universal funded 15 hour provision for families with 3 and 4
year olds
– Funding to support the most troubled families
– Growth in health visiting services
– Family Nurse Partnership
– Public Health Healthy Child Programme
– Increased pupil premiums in schools to support vulnerable
children
– School funding for before and afterschool activities
Our Vision For Children and Families
Every child or young person is healthy,
achieves their learning potential and is
well equipped to go onto further
learning or work
• Families are strong and independent,
and provide the best possible start for
children and young people
• Child poverty is reduced and the link
between disadvantage and poorer
outcomes is broken
• Vulnerable families receive early
support
• Children and young people are safe
at home and in their communities
• Families stay together where
possible, with the right children in
care at the right time
Our Approaches
•
•
•
•
•
Quality improvement support to child care providers
CAF/MASG
– Coordinated assessment and intervention process
Early years integrated pathway
– Healthy child programme
– Increased health visitors
– Connecting mums
– Family Nurse Partnership
– Quality child care
– Children’s Centres in areas of greatest need
Children with disabilities
– Direct payments/personal budgets
– Increase in short breaks
– Education Care and health plans
– Local Offer
CAMH’S
– Increase in Tier 2
• Behaviour support service
• CPN service in schools
Building Community Capacity - Being Relevant
and Meaningful to Communities, Commissioners
and Providers
Community capacity building should:
• reflect the values of community development
• be driven by the community’s priorities
• take the existing strengths and talents within
communities as the starting point for development
• be of benefit to the individuals directly involved and
to their own wider community
• empower people to act on behalf of their community
• learn from best practice in other communities
• establish and strengthen new and existing networks
‘No society has the money to buy, at market prices, what
it takes to raise children, make a neighbourhood safe,
care for the elderly, make democracy work or address
systemic injustices... The only way the world is going to
address social problems is by enlisting the very people
who are now classified as ‘clients’ and ‘consumers’ and
converting them into co-workers, partners and rebuilders
of the core economy.’
Edgar Cahn – Developer of time-bank concept