Services : Cumbria County Council

14-19 Reform
The Cumbria 14-19 Strategic Partnership exists to secure access to a learning and achievement entitlement for all 13 to 19 year olds which inspires, raises aspirations and meets their individual needs, interests and aptitudes. It has this year been awarded ‘Beacon Status’ in the theme of Better Brighter Futures and is working with other authorities and government departments to support learning and improvement in 14-19 reform. For further information please visit http://vle.beaconcumbria.cleo.net.uk (external link)

Academies Investment in Cumbria
£100 million pounds is being invested by the Cumbria County Council Academies programme. The emphasis is on raising attainment in targeted areas that are in most need of urgent transformation. This will provide 21st century buildings and facilities for learning for children, young people and their families

Adoption Fostering & Residential Care
Information on Adoption, Fostering and Residential care provided for parents and carers.

Admissions to Schools
A range of advice for parents about having children admitted to primary or secondary school.

Adult Education
Details about the wide range of courses available; course documentation and curriculum information for course tutors; forms and documentation for centre managers; useful information for our partner organisations.

Aiming High for Disabled Children
The Government has confirmed that Cumbria have met their criteria for receiving extra funding to deliver the transformation of short breaks over the next two years. Short breaks are regular, reliable breaks for disabled children and their families – such as a couple of hours in a sports club, a daytime break, an overnight stay, a holiday weekend.

Area Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators
A team of advisory teachers who provide support to Early Years settings to develop high quality provision.

Behaviour Support
Includes details of LA Guidance for Assessment and Intervention; materials, training and support for schools; County Psychological Service and Pupil Referral Units.

Building Schools for the Future (BSF)
Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is the biggest-ever school buildings investment programme in Britain. The aim is to rebuild or renew nearly every secondary school in England, and Cumbria is delighted to be involved. Read more about the scheme that will re-shape the future of learning in Cumbria.

Bullying
This page aims to answer questions you may have on bullying such as: What do we mean by Bullying? What must we do about it? What other good practice guidance is there? For situations where bullying is happening outside of school we have created a section dedicated to this which you can reach using this anti-bullying link.

Case Management Services
Improving outcomes for children and young people, so that every child achieves their potential, involves changes to culture and practice across the children's workforce. These new ways of working shift the focus from dealing with the consequences of difficulties in children's lives to early intervention and effective prevention.

Children At Risk
If you think a child you know is being harmed or at risk of being harmed, please contact your local Children’s Services Advice and Access Team who you can talk to about your concerns, and they will give you advice or may investigate the circumstances. All calls are treated in confidence and you need not give your details.

Children at Work
If you are still of compulsory school age you are entitled to have a part-time job, but there are some regulations about the sort of work you can do. These regulations are to protect your wellbeing and to help ensure that having a job does not affect your education.

Child Protection
Cumbria Safeguarding Children Board is producing new multi-agency Safeguarding Procedures in accordance with government guidance.

Children with Disabilities
Teams of Social Workers and Family Support Workers who specialize in working with children with disabilities.

Children and Families Information Service
Information about the wide range of early years education and childcare provision available in Cumbria.

Commissioning Service
Commissioning is about enhancing the quality of life for children, young people and their families and carers by having a vision and commitment to improve services. It involves the process of assessing needs, allocating resources, defining priorities and choices and determining how they are best delivered, monitored and evaluated.

Compliments, Comments and Complaints
If you are a child or young person who receives a service from Cumbria County Council’s Children’s Services Directorate, you or someone you choose to represent you, can make a comment, compliment or complaint about our work with you.

ContactPoint
ContactPoint will be the quick way to find out who else is working with the same child or young person, making it easier to deliver more coordinated support.

Cumbria Sport
Details about the Cumbria Sport Partnership and its programmes.

Cumbria Youth Support Services

Information about development of services for young people aged 13-19.

Education Welfare
Further information about School Attendance, Exclusions from School, Child Employment and Young people in Entertainment/Performance.

Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
The EBDST is an integral part of the Pupil and School Support Division of Children's Services.

Family Centres
Family centres provide assessment and support for families and children in need.

Find Local Schools
find information on schools and centres in Cumbria. We provide contact details, maps and links to related OFSTED/DCSF information.

Finance (Children's Services)
School Finance Information and details of Value for Money Services.

Governor Support
Information and details of training courses for school governors in Cumbria.

Health and Safety
This section gives health and safety information in relation to schools.

Home Education
This section is designed to simply explain the basics of elective home-education and the specific role of a Local Authority (LA).

Hospital and Home Tuition Service, Medical Pupil Referral Unit for Cumbria
The Hospital and Home Tuition Service for Cumbria offers a sensitive and appropriate response to the educational needs of young people who are absent from school through medical needs or illness.

Learning Support Services (LSS)
LSS provides a range of services which include - Cumbria Outdoors (Outdoor Education Service), LS Music (Cumbria Music Service), LS Schools (Professional staffing agency for qualified Support Assistants and Teachers working with children and young people with additional needs) and Team Teach (Training programme for Positive Handling, Support and Intervention).

Looked After Children Education Service
The looked after children's education service (LACES) is a multi agency team primarily concerned with all educational aspects of children who are in the care of Cumbria children's services, including those 'Cumbrian' Children placed out of the county boundaries.

Newly Qualifies Teachers (NQT's)
Useful information for newly qualified teachers, headteachers and induction tutors.

Parent Support Advisors
A family support service focussed around schools.

Positive Parenting Handbook
Cumbria Parent Partnership Service is a small discrete team which offers independent support, information and advice to parents/carers of children with special educational needs and other disabilities which have an impact on the way children access education.

Pupil Referral Unit
Pupil Referral Units are a type of school set up to support the re-integration of pupils into mainstream schooling.

Psychological Services
The County Psychological Service works within Children's Services and makes its distinctive contribution through applying psychology to help people solve problems and improve learning.

Reading Intervention
Reading Intervention is a highly effective, research-based programme for working with children who are experiencing difficulties with the development of early literacy skills.

Residential Care
Children's Services aims to provide a range of services which promote the ability of young people.

School Organisation
Cumbria County Council launched a thorough review of all of the schools in the county in Autumn 2005. The review will last two years, and will look at all nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, as well as other services for children such as Pupil Referral Units and extended schools.

School Term Dates
School term dates for 2009/2010 and 2010/2011

School Transport
This page contains information such as the School Transport Policy and How To Apply as well as application forms and other guidance.

Social Care
Social Care provides help and support to children and their families, they also ensure children are protected from harm.

Special Educational Needs
The Special Educational Needs Service is area based and works to provide an equitable and effective system for identifying, assessing and supporting children and young people with special educational needs.

Specialist Advisory Teaching Service
The Specialist Advisory Teaching Service (SATS) aims to provide skilled specialist staff to support schools and settings to promote inclusion and raise the achievements of children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and/or Additional Educational Needs (AEN).

Speech and Language
Information for STS staff to use with children referred to the Speech and Language service.

Standards and School Improvement
Details of the LA School Improvement and Performance Review and Information Management (PRIM) teams.

Student Support
Information about financial assistance for parents of school pupils, including travelling expenses.

Young Carers Information
Young carers are children who look after someone in their family who has an illness, a disability, a mental health problem or a substance misuse problem. Young carers take on practical and/or emotional caring responsibilities that would normally be expected of an adult.

Youth Offending Service
Cumbria Youth Offending Service is a multi-disciplinary team working with young offenders, their families and victims to reduce youth crime in the county.