For most people not directly affected by any of these, and for many ordinary workers who are affected, it all sounds rather esoteric. However, it is a significant part of the reforms jigsaw affecting children's services.
For the first time there will, in theory, be a properly integrated approach to seeing whether services for children are performing to expectation across health, social care and education. And all three bodies will be in a powerful position to promote improvement and highlight failure.
However, this will only be of much use if it contributes to the integrated delivery of services. That will not happen if the targets and priorities of the different agencies are still tugging against each other. The joint inspection frameworks that emerge will be crucial.
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