Welcome to: Newcastle Safeguarding Children Board and Children and Young Peoples Strategic Partnersh

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Newcastle Plan for Children and Young People
2010-13
Martin Surtees
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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning
(ASCL) Bill 2009

• ASCL Bill builds on Children Act 2004 by
• Requiring every area to have Children's Trust
  Board
• Transferring responsibility for preparing
  Children Young Peoples Plan (CYPP) from local
  authority to Childrens Trust Board (CTB)
• Requiring Childrens Trust Board to monitor CYPP
  implementation
• Extending range of statutory Childrens Trust
  partners

The Children and Young Peoples Plan (CYPP) will
be the agreed joint strategy of the partners in
the Childrens Trust on how they will co-operate
to improve childrens well-being (the five
outcomes)
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The new CYPP - more national consistency

• New CYPPs must include arrangements by
  Childrens Trust Board partners for
• Reducing effects of child poverty
• Improving behaviour and attendance
• A workforce strategy to deliver priorities
• Early intervention and preventative action
• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of
  children
• Agreeing key actions for children with special
  education needs, disabilities and looked after
  children

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Newcastle Plan for Children Young People

• NPCYP is the delivery mechanism for the Children
  and Young Peoples theme of the Sustainable
  Community Strategy (SCS)
• The 2010-13 plan must be fully owned and signed
  off by all Childrens Trust partners
• It will build on existing good practice and a
  thorough analysis of need
• Stakeholders have the opportunity to contribute
  to the prioritisation process, the development of
  plans and through consultation on the draft plan

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Stakeholder Engagement

• Children and young people
• Information brought together from a wide range of
  engagement and participation activity
• Young People Steering Group (YPSG) are reviewing
  information and pulling together draft CYP
  priorities
• CTB meeting with YPSG to discuss proposals
• Parents and carers
• City Life feature and requesting feedback on
  What is the one thing you would change for
  children, young people or families in Newcastle?
  (and postcards in range of venues)
• Focused engagement with particular groups of
  parents/carers
• Practitioners
• Briefing sessions, voluntary sector liaison,
  partners identifying best mechanisms within
  organisations/service areas

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Progress and achievements to date

• The proportion of children engaging in sport and
  physical activity has increased and in 2008/09,
  24,000 children and young people have accessed
  free sports and leisure activities through FUSION
• Rates of breastfeeding have increased
• Gap is narrowing in educational attainment
• KS2 (age 11) in 2009, 69 achieved level 4 in
  English and maths (national 72)
• GCSE (age 16) in 2009, 41.6 achieved 5 A-C
  including English and maths (national 49.7)
• 10 schools have been newly built, rebuilt or
  refurbished, as well as the 6 from PFI 1 with
  more planned through Building Schools for the
  Future and Primary Strategy for Change

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Progress and achievements to date

• More secondary schools have been judged to be
  good or outstanding by Ofsted than nationally
• The timing of social care assessments has
  improved significantly
• Fostering and adoption inspections show both
  services have improved and are good
• Integrated working is changing practices, e.g.
  CAF
• Children and Young people are engaged in a wide
  range of decision-making activities
• More young people are engaging in education,
  employment and training (less NEETs)
• The Achievement of L2 and L3 qualifications by
  the age of 19 is well above similar councils
• Youth offending rates improving and positive
  inspection outcomes for YOT
• More young people are going onto higher education

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But

• Even in many of the areas where we have made
  good progress we are still below national
  averages
• And
• Teenage conception rates are high
• Rates of child obesity are high
• Rates of absence and exclusions from schools are
  high
• Numbers of children requiring child protection or
  becoming looked are very high
• Ofsted inspections show
• 3 out of 4 childrens homes are judged inadequate
• a lower proportion of primary schools are good or
  outstanding

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Priorities for 2010-13

• Some of our current priorities arelong term and
  likely to remain, e.g.
• Reducing child poverty and its impact
• Reducing rates of child obesity
• Reducing teenage conceptions
• Raising aspirations and attainment
• Reducing inequalities in outcomes for vulnerable
  children and young people
• Ensuring early intervention and support are
  available to prevent needs or problems getting
  worse
• Reducing the numbers of young people who offend
• Increasing young peoples engagement in education
  and training

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What do you think?

• In your groups, discuss what you think are the
  key issues for children, young people and
  families in Newcastle
• Identify 3 priorities that through the NPCYP
  2010-13 you would change for children, young
  people or families in Newcastle?
• Note - Consider areas that are not already
  identified as ongoing priorities