The 'Every Child Matters' Outcomes

 Being healthy

• Physically healthy
• Mentally and emotionally healthy
• Sexually healthy
• Healthy lifestyles
• Choose no to take illegal drugs

Parents, carers and families promote healthy choices

 Staying safe

• Safe from maltreatment, neglect, violence and sexual exploitation
• Safe from accidental injury and death
• Safe from bullying and discrimination
• Safe from crime and anti-social behaviour in and out of school
• Have security, stability and are cared for

Parents, Carers and families provide safe homes and stability

 Enjoying and achieving

• Ready for school
• Attend and enjoy school
• Achieve stretching national educational standards at primary school
• Achieve personal and social development and enjoy recreation
• Achieve stretching national education standards at secondary school

Parents, carers and families support learning

 Economic wellbeing

• Engage in further education, employment or training on leaving school
• Ready for employment
• Live in decent homes and sustainable communities
• Access to transport and material goods
• Live in households free from low income  

Parents, carers and families are supported to be economically active

 Making a positive contribution

• Engage in decision-making and support the community and environment
• Engage in law-abiding and positive behaviour in and out of school
• Develop positive relationships and choose not to bully and discriminate         
• Develop self-confidence and successfully deal with significant life changes and challenges
• Develop enterprising behaviour

Parents, carers and families promote positive behaviour

Last Modified: 27/11/2006 13:21:07
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