BMBC 21: Barnsleys Local Area Agreement 2008-2011

• Ensure that children and young people achieve appropriate levelsof development and are ready for learning and life.Staying safe - the aim is to:• Improve support to safeguard children and young people at risk ofharm in their families.• Take steps to make sure that bullying is an exceptional occurrencefor children and young people and that society aims to promote anabsolute zero tolerance approach.• Take steps to prevent domestic violence and to address the impactof it on children and young people.• Reduce child casualties in line with the targets agreed with theDepartment for Transport.Enjoy and achieve - the aim is to:• Support children and young people to reach expected levels ofdevelopment, literacy and numeracy.• Ensure that by the age of 19 the vast majority of young peopleachieve the equivalent of five good GCSEs.• Increase the numbers of children and young people ready forhigher education, with at least 6 out of 10 achieving the equivalentof Level 3 (A - Levels).85• Increase the number of play spaces and opportunities over the nextthree years.Making a positive contribution - the aim is to:• Increase the number of young people involved in positive activitiesand volunteering.• Reduce the number of first time young offenders and re-offendersso that the number receiving a conviction, reprimand or finalwarning for a recordable offence falls notably.• Create a culture in which anti social behaviour in young people isan unusual event.Achieving economic wellbeing - the aim is to:• Contribute to child poverty being halved by 2010 and eradicated by2020 as a commitment to the Government’s agenda. This will bechampioned by a multi agency child poverty group.• Ensure that all young people, enter education, training oremployment with training, on leaving school and increase theuptake of young people in higher education.• Increase access to high quality child care.The ChallengeOver recent years there has been significant progress made againstoutcomes for children and young people in Barnsley, but there is stillSecuring the Wellbeing of Children, Young People & Families Barnsley’s Local Area Agreement 2008-11