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Evaluation Partnership

The A Better Start Southend Programme Evaluation Partnership is an exciting development in the ABSS programme and will contribute to our ambitions for young children and their families in Southend.

Data

Southend-on-Sea City Council

Southend City Council brings its access to and expertise with data into the ABSS partnership. The City Council’s data team collates and analyses data that is relevant to ABSS, including data about attendance at ABSS projects and services, healthcare and education data, and local population statistics.

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Formative Evaluation

University of Essex

In March 2020, the University of Essex’s Division of Social Work and Social Justice at the School of Health and Social Care came on board to support ABSS with the evaluation of the ABSS programme. Their focus is on the Formative evaluation, looking primarily at the effectiveness of individual projects and people’s experiences taking part. In Summer 2022, they examined common themes reported across all of the projects, and a report based on this Thematic Analysis can be accessed here.

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National Evaluation

National Centre for Social Research

ABSS contributes to the National Evaluation across the five ABS sites, in addition to regular topical insights papers.

The ABS First Annual Report can be downloaded here.
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Summative Evaluation

RSM UK Consulting LLP

The independent Summative Evaluation of ABSS will identify the impact that the ABSS programme as a whole has had for children and families in Southend. RSM will conduct research at three crucial points, in 2021/22, 2023 and 2024, collecting and evaluating evidence on ABSS Programme-wide outcomes, along with our academic partner, the University of Essex.

Phase 1 findings The first evaluation report is now available. A Summary setting out the key findings is available here while the Full Report can be downloaded here.

Phase 2 findings The findings from Phase 2 are based on the research activities conducted between March and September 2023. A Summary setting out the key findings is available here while the Full Report can be downloaded here.

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Insight Papers

Insight 1: A Better Start through Better Systems
Insight 2: A Better Start – responding to COVID-19
Insight 3: A Better Start Through Better Systems: Parent, Family and Community Engagement
Insight 4: Trauma-informed practice in early child development
Insight 5: Data-informed decision making
Insight 6: Reducing inequality for children and families
Insight 7: ABS National Evaluation Annual Report (The ABS First Annual Report)
Insight 8: A Better Start through workforce innovation: Supporting the early years workforce of the future
Insight 9: A Better Start through maternity and antenatal care
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Visit The National Lottery Community Fund to learn more about developing an early years Outcomes Framework using area-level routine data.

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