Narrowing the Gap (NtG)
is a two year programme hosted by the Local Government Association (LGA), supported
by Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) and funded by Department for Children,
Schools and Families (DCSF). Its aim is to narrow the gap in outcomes between vulnerable
and excluded children and others, against a context of improving outcomes for all.
From October 2008 the programme will be overseen by C4EO.
The NtG programme focuses on five key lines of enquiry which are how to:
- Create and sustain the right links between schools, children's centres and children's
services
- Engage and support parents and carers in helping their children to
succeed
- Use the new systems and process brought into being by Every Child Matters
to orientate services more towards prevention and early intervention
- Strengthen
and align local leadership and governance arrangements – professional and political
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Strengthen systems for developing local leaders to deliver improved services based
on the understanding of what works
The programme has a small core team of experienced sector experts, led by Christine
Davies CBE, which includes Dame Gillian Pugh and Jane Held.
This team is supported by a reference group of which CSN, NCB, IDeA, NFER, RiP,
SCIE, CWDC, TDA, NCSL, Audit Commission and OPM are critical partners.
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