An Annual Performance Assessment (APA) is conducted each year in every council. APA focuses on the contribution that a council's services have made in the previous twelve months towards improving outcomes for children and young people. It analyses a wide range of published evidence, including data, indicators, the council's Children and Young People's Plan, any reviews of this plan and other reference or supporting information.
Unlike the Joint Area Review, there is no on-site investigative fieldwork carried out for Annual Performance Assessment, although inspectors who have a specialism in education and social care meet with the council's senior managers to discuss any issues that have arisen during the analysis of information.
In 2008, all local authorities had their APA during the period September to November. The self-assessment and the review of the Newcastle Plan For Children and Young People was submitted in June.
APA 2008 Report (PDF, 61.7 KB)
APA 2008 Submission (PDF, 267.8 KB)
The APA concluded that Children's Services in Newcastle had responded positively to the recommendations made by the Joint Area Review (JAR) and had made steady progress since that time.
APA 2007Â Report (PDF, 93.2 KB) (pdf)
Self Assessment of Children's Services - Presentation 2006 (ppt 4.6mb)
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