Woman’s Hour majored on Contactpoint today, with yours truly trying to correct some of the misinformation that is flying around. A shame that the new Under Secretary didn’t seem to realise that Contactpoint will contain a great deal more than a simple name and address, and I didn’t have the opportunity to correct that. Still, the item is first on the menu here.
Update: Several people have asked me what information will actually be on Contactpoint. There’s so much that I’ve put it here in a separate post
October 17, 2008 at 3:26 pm |
[...] Source: Terri Dowty on the Action on Rights for Children Blog [...]
October 18, 2008 at 6:59 am |
Am I right in thinking that the Baroness was wrong to say that the school would not be recorded on the ContactPoint database?
October 18, 2008 at 8:13 am |
You are, Carlotta. There was so much to deal with in a short time that I didn’t have the chance to pick that one up. Contactpoint will show: child’s name and address, d.o.b., education provider, doctor, health visitor, midwife, names and addresses of both parents, agencies working with a child/family, whether eCAF has been completed and whether there is social services involvement.
October 18, 2008 at 9:13 am |
[...] will be on Contactpoint? Following on from yesterday’s post about Woman’s Hour, it seems like a good idea to list the information that will be on a child’s Contactpoint [...]
October 20, 2008 at 10:09 am |
I think you did the best you could with the time you were allowed!