Data, impact, and insights
Data
Coventry’s early years system is strengthened by the citywide Intelligence Hub, which integrates datasets from the ONS, LG Inform+, health, education and local bespoke surveys. This creates a robust foundation for evidence led decision making. We will monitor local area data across population, health, deprivation and children’s outcomes, enabling the Best Start in Life partnership to monitor trends and respond proactively.
The Best Start Family Hubs also have robust data collection processes and established dashboards which provide quality performance management information. These are used to support the planning, implementation and evaluation of services to families.
Timely, lawful and transparent information sharing will enable an integrated ‘no wrong door’ offer. Families tell their story once and receive coordinated support early. This will lead to faster recognition of emerging needs, warm handovers and joint plans across partners
Shared dashboards and aligned reporting will provide a single picture of children’s health, development, education and family wellbeing strengthening joint accountability for Bold Start & Bright Futures.
Impact
A Best Start in Life, Local Area Plan outcomes framework will underpin performance, evaluation, and targeted improvement, identifying inequalities, strengthening early identification and enabling rapid response to emerging needs.
Insights
The Best Start in Life Strategy is informed by learning from practice, evidence and research. It builds on local delivery experience, robust data and evaluation and the best available national and international evidence on early childhood development. By combining what the evidence tells us with what families and practitioners tell us works in practice, the Strategy commits to continuous learning, reflective improvement and the scaling of approaches that have the greatest impact on outcomes for children and families.
Over time, further system learning & improvement will come from population-level insight on outcomes, inequalities and demand to inform future commissioning and evaluation.
Privacy, consent and trust
Partners will operate within existing information sharing agreements, GDPR/UK DPA, safeguarding and consent protocols, using data responsibly and proportionately. Where new arrangements are required to improve data sharing, this will be sought as a part of the Local Area Plan.