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Joint area review
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- This means fewer children are at risk of harm or need to be looked after away from their own families. p.4
- The law says that inspectors must look at and then report on how well local services provide for children and young people in an area. p.2
- They are consulted about changes that need to be made, but they are sometimes left wondering what has changed or why things have not changed. p.3
- The range of activities to find out what children and young people from different backgrounds need should be better organised so that the most important things become clear and can be improved. p.5
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Joint area review of Report for children and young people Stockport
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Report for children and young people about the services they receive in Stockport
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• Being healthy • Staying safe • Enjoying and doing well at school and as they grow up • Making a positive contribution to society • Being successful in whatever they choose to do when they are adults Stockport children and young people’s report 2
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Why should I read this?
The law says that inspectors must look at and then report on how well local services provide for children and young people in an area. This is called a ‘review’. Inspectors visited your area recently. You might like to read this, or the full report which you can find on Ofsted’s website, to find out what they had to say.
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What did the inspectors do?
Nine inspectors visited Stockport in November 2005 so that they could get a feel of what life is like for children and young people in the area. They:
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What did the inspectors do?
talked to lots of adults working with children and young people (such as social workers, teachers, youth workers, nurses, doctors, police officers and councillors)
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What did the inspectors do?
spoke to parents and other people caring for children
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What did the inspectors do?
heard from the council and other agencies about what they think of the services it provides for children
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What did the inspectors do?
read a lot of reports and visited one neighbourhood, Davenport and Cale Green, to see things for themselves.
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What did the inspectors do?
The inspectors also looked at how well particular children were doing, like those children in council care or those who have a learning difficulty or disability. They know that elsewhere these groups of children often don’t get a good service and so needed to check up on this locally.
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How well are children and young people doing in Stockport?
They do well overall and are generally safe.
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How well are children and young people doing in Stockport?
Most are healthy and get a good start in life, but have more dental decay than average.
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How well are children and young people doing in Stockport?
Children in some areas do not do as well at schools as others, but the gap is beginning to close. Stockport children and young people’s report 3
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How well are children and young people doing in Stockport?
They achieve well at school up to the age of 14 years, but at 16 there is a gap between those in wealthier areas who do well or very well and those in poorer areas who do not do well enough.
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How well are children and young people doing in Stockport?
They are involved well in making decisions that affect their local area and their lives.
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How well are children and young people doing in Stockport?
About the same number of children and young people commit crimes as elsewhere in the country, but this is reducing. Anti-social behaviour is also declining.
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How well are children and young people doing in Stockport?
Education, training and health outcomes for those children in council care are good and have improved.
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How well are children and young people doing in Stockport?
Those with special needs are achieving well.
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How well are children and young people doing in Stockport?
Many young people aged 16 and over do well in education, training and in jobs.
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How well are children and young people doing in Stockport?
Those who are homeless are well supported.
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They feel safe and well cared for in school but less safe in the community.
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Some find leisure facilities hard to get to and do not like travelling outside their locality.
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They are consulted about changes that need to be made, but they are sometimes left wondering what has changed or why things have not changed.
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Work in schools to combat bullying is good.
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Work to combat drug and alcohol abuse is good.
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in my area?
The council and other agencies work well together and have made a lot of progress to try and improve services quickly. They are ambitious for children and young people and want to give everyone an equal chance in life. Stockport children and young people’s report 4
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in my area?
There is good support for parents and carers, and healthy lifestyles are encouraged.
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There are some good services to help children and young people remain mentally and physically healthy.
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Support for families to help them stay together, and for children in council care, is good. This means fewer children are at risk of harm or need to be looked after away from their own families.
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Schools are good and work well with other agencies to try and ensure children and young people attend and enjoy school, and achieve highly.
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Most achieve very well in school by the age of 14 years.
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A lot of importance is placed on encouraging children and young people to be involved in things that affect their lives, communities and the services they receive.
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They are well supported in dealing with challenges and changes to their lives.
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Families are well supported to get good jobs.
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Resources are being targeted to improve services in the more deprived areas.
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The council gets good services for the money it spends.
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What things are not so good for children and young people?
Too many children in council care are placed outside Stockport.
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What things are not so good for children and young people?
Children generally achieve well at school up to 14 years of age but achievement of 16 years old is not as good.
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What things are not so good for children and young people?
They are not involved enough in saying whether or not services are good, and they are not well informed about what happens as a result of having made their views known.
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What things are not so good for children and young people?
Not all schools and colleges are putting into practice the good plans to improve education and training for 16–19 year olds.
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What things are not so good for children and young people?
The local leisure facilities are not always easy to get to. Stockport children and young people’s report 5
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What things are not so good for children and young people?
The council and other agencies do not always measure how good new services are at making things better for children and young people.
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What things are not so good for children and young people?
The range of activities to find out what children and young people from different backgrounds need should be better organised so that the most important things become clear and can be improved.
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