The Local Authority Research Consortium’s (LARC) third report has found that during 2010, 21 councils involved in the study had saved between £5,000 to more than £150,000 as a result of using the common assessment framework (CAF).
The use of CAF was also found to lead to better outcomes across a range of circumstances, including where children and young people need low-level support to large-scale multi-agency interventions.
The case studies used in the research also found that the framework helped schools to engage with learners who were at risk of under-achievement or exclusion.
Claire Easton, of research group NFER, which compiled the report, said: "LARC3 shows that the CAF can be a cost-effective tool in supporting better outcomes for individual children and young people but also their wider family members. More research is needed to look at a representative sample of CAF episodes but this work provides a useful starting point to inform service planning."
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