Analysis of Children and Young People’s Plans 2006

Pippa Lord, Anne Wilkin, Kay Kinder, Jenny Murfield, Megan Jones, Tamsin Chamberlain, Claire Easton, Kerry Martin, Caroline Gulliver, Catherine Paterson, Juanita Ries, Helen Moor, Alison Stott, Carol Wilkin and Sheila Stoney

Key findings

• The importance of developing local partnerships and responding to local needs is recognised, overall, across the plans
• there is a marked diversity in the coverage of the different themes across the plans
• the ECM outcomes framework is used in a variety of ways, suggesting that LAs work with it as a conceptual tool rather than adhering to it as a blueprint formula
• many LAs produced additional material written specifically for children and young people, reflecting an intention to be accessible and to engage young people
• there is scope for future guidance on identification and allocation of resources, performance management arrangements and commissioning strategies.

Recommendations

The analysis suggests three particular avenues for development of further guidance:

• future plans to define clearly the LA’s intentions regarding the next stages in planning and/or implementation
• an agreed glossary of definitions; clarification and further examples of terminology relating to priorities, actions and targets in the ECM planning process
• plans to demonstrate clear and specific links between actions and targets.

Citation of full report
Lord, P., Wilkin, A., Kinder, K., Murfield, J., Jones, M., Chamberlain, T., Easton, C., Martin, K., Gulliver, C., Paterson, C., Ries, J., Moor, H., Stott, A., Wilkin, C. and Stoney, S. (2006). Analysis of Children and Young People’s Plans 2006. Slough: NFER.

• Introduction and overview 4p, 169 Kb
• The plans: a comparative review of content 12p, 309 Kb
• Commissioning and Resourcing in Children and Young People’s Plans 8p, 216 Kb
• Performance Management and Partnership Arrangements in Children and Young People’s Plans 8p, 228 Kb
• Consultation with Children and Young People and Needs Analysis in Children and Young People’s Plans 8p, 237 Kb
• Targets within the Children and Young People’s Plans 12p, 265 Kb
• Every Child Matters: Be Healthy 8p, 213 Kb
• Every Child Matters: Stay Safe 8p, 244 Kb
• Every Child Matters: Enjoy and Achieve 8p, 201 Kb
• Every Child Matters: Make a Positive Contribution 8p, 257 Kb
• Every Child Matters: Achieve Economic Wellbeing 8p, 252 Kb
• Youth Work Themes in Children and Young People’s Plans 8p, 244 Kb