More from Every Child Matters? Yes, another piece of the puzzle.
The green paper referred to the creation of a common assessment framework.
The Government sees it as being the main and sometimes only assessment instrument "to be used at the first sign of emerging vulnerability", and to act as a marker for referral to another agency or specialist service.
Assessing what precisely? This consultation paper is looking at the proposed purpose of the common assessment, and how it will work. It also looks at how it will be developed and implemented, but not the materials themselves.
The Department for Education and Skills is running a series of seminars through October as part of its consultation.
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