Cumbria County Council’s Information & Performance Team in Children’s Services are here to ensure that our colleagues and partners are supported to do their jobs as effectively as possible so that together we all improve outcomes for children, young people and their families in Cumbria.  In addition, we also support the users of our services – for example, through delivering the Directorate’s complaints and compliments functions. 

The work of the team covers a wide range of functions including the following:

• Business Resource Management
• Data & Information
• Quality Assurance & Improvement
• Performance Support
• Workforce Development

We provide data and information on a wide variety of topics to do with children and young people.  A great deal of this information is available to the public through the Cumbria Intelligence Observatory (see link below), which provides an extensive resource bringing together existing research and analysis across Cumbria.

We are also responsible for supporting the development of a number of key plans and policies for the Directorate so that everyone is clear about what is important to us and how we are making a real difference.  Cumbria Children’s Services Directorate Plan 2012-13 is our key strategic document which sets our priorities over the coming year and the activity we be will undertaking to deliver these priorities.

Key documents

Title	Size
Children and Young People's Plan 2011-13	2174k
Children's Services Directorate Workforce Strategy 2011-2014	110k
Children's Services' - Jargon Buster	444k
Childrens Services - Risk Management Framework	51k
Childrens Services Directorate Service Plan 2012-13	782k
Children's Services Plan on a Page 2012-13	179k
CS Young Carers Strategy	89k

Useful links

• Cumbria Intelligence Observatory
• Facts and figures online request service
• Department for Education
• Department for Education Statistical First Releases
• DfE School Performance Information
• Ofsted
• Ofsted Parent View

Plans and policies relevant to Safeguarding can be accessed via the Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) website:

• Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB)

• Children's Trust Board