Publications

Parents Panel: Summary Reports of Meetings Held from January 2009 to March 2010

The British Market Research Bureau was commissioned by the then Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) in 2008 to organise and facilitate a Parents’ Panel, to comprise around 40 parents, reflecting a wide mix of demographic and attitudinal factors. The Panel met quarterly to discuss a range of issues linked to government policy. Ministers and officials from the then DCSF attended each Panel meeting. Between January 2009 and March 2010 the Panel met seven times.

Audience: DfE, Parents, Public, Researchers
Format: Date issued: August 2010
Function: Data Collection Reference: DFE-RR022

Price: FREE

Practitioners' Experiences of the Early Years Foundation Stage

This research report describes the context, design, conduct and findings of an inquiry into practitioners’ experiences of the Early Years Foundation Stage. The study posed three broad questions within its overarching theme of describing practitioners’ experiences of the EYFS: how does it influence day-to-day practice with children and families; how, if at all, has the EYFS supported improvements in the care and education offered by practitioners; and what obstacles and difficulties do practitioners face in the effective use of the EYFS.

Audience: DfE, Early Years Providers, Lead Member for Children's Services, Researchers
Format: Date issued: August 2010
Function: Data Collection Reference: DFE-RR029

Price: FREE

Practitioners' Experiences of the Early Years Foundation Stage - Brief

This brief summarises the context, design, conduct and findings of an inquiry into practitioners’ experiences of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). The study sought to elicit the views of practitioners working in all sectors of the children’s workforce on the implementation of the EYFS framework during its first 18 months of operation.

Audience: DfE, Early Years Providers, Early Years Teachers, Researchers
Format: Date issued: August 2010
Function: Data Collection Reference: DFE-RB029

Price: FREE

Family Information Service Survey 2010: assessment of Family Information Service performance against the information duty in the Childcare Act 2006

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The then Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) commissioned Cordis Bright to design and host an online survey of Family Information Services (FISs) and conduct an analysis of the results from this survey. This is a follow up from a previous evaluation of FIS services which included a survey of FISs.

Audience: DfE, Lead Member for Children's Services, Researchers
Format: Date issued: August 2010
Function: Data Collection Reference: DFE-RR021

Price: FREE

Maltreated Children In The Looked After System: A Comparison Of Outcomes For Those Who Go Home And Those Who Do Not

This study is one of a series of projects jointly commissioned by the former Department for Children Schools and Families and Department of Health to strengthen the evidence base on recognition, effective interventions and inter-agency working in child abuse and neglect. This project has a focus on the consequences of decisions to reunify children who had entered the looked after system for abuse or neglect. It compares the progress and outcomes of a sample of maltreated children who either went home or remained in the looked after system.

Audience: DfE, Lead Member for Children's Services, People who work with children, Researchers
Format: Date issued: August 2010
Function: Data Collection Reference: DFE-RBX-10-06

Price: FREE

Raising the Participation Age (RPA) Trials: Phase 1 Evaluation Final Report

The Department commissioned Isos Partnership to undertake an evaluation of the Phase 1 Raising the Participation Age (RPA) Trials. This final report summarises the Isos evaluation team’s main findings and recommendations for Trial areas and other Local Authorities. It also reflects the Trial areas’ own views about what is necessary to deliver RPA, their advice to other Trial areas and Local Authorities, and implications for national policy.

Audience: DfE, Local Authorities, Researchers, School Advisers, Schools
Format: Date issued: August 2010
Function: Data Collection Reference: DFE-RR020

Price: FREE

Raising the Participation Age (RPA) Trials: Phase 1 Evaluation Final Report - Brief

The Department commissioned Isos Partnership to undertake an evaluation of the Phase 1 Raising the Participation Age (RPA) Trials. This brief summarises the Isos evaluation team’s main findings and recommendations for Trial areas, other Local Authorities and the Department. It also reflects the Trial areas’ own views about what is necessary to deliver RPA, their advice to other Trial areas and Local Authorities, and implications for national policy.

Audience: DfE, Local Authorities, Researchers, School Advisers, Schools
Format: Date issued: August 2010
Function: Data Collection Reference: DFE-RB020

Price: FREE

Individual Budgets for Families with Disabled Children - Interim report 2010

The Department for Children, Schools and Families c evaluation and support/challenge role for the Individual Budget Pilots for Families with Disabled Children. The consortium comprised of two distinct teams – the evaluation and support teams – where the evaluation component has been conducted by SQW and Ipsos MORI, and the support function has been undertaken by iMPower and Helen Sanderson Associates.

Audience: DfE, Journalists, Parents, Researchers
Format: Date issued: August 2010
Function: Data Collection Reference: DFE-RR024

Price: FREE

The Evaluation of Arrangements for Effective Operation of the New Local Safeguarding Children Boards in England - Final Report

The report presents findings from the national evaluation of Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs), commissioned by the then Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and Department of Health, to examine the extent to which LSCBs have overcome the weaknesses of Area Child Protection Committees, and the effectiveness of the Boards in meeting their objectives.

Audience: Children's health services, DfE, Journalists, Lead Member for Children's Services, Local authorities and key statutory agencies,
Format: Date issued: August 2010
Function: Data Collection Reference: DFE-RR027

Price: FREE