 it and not 6 months to 1 year down the line which is when we have been finding out some of our children's changes.” (Deputy DSL and Pastoral Support Worker, Primary) It has an impact in terms of response and our speed to be able to identify families… so it just means we can be more responsive in the moment. (Family support and Safeguarding lead, Primary) Various school staff highlight that the speeding up of safeguarding notifications from Police that the TFE has facilitated, has been particularly valuable. One described how this has fed through into their risk assessment processes: “We can target our response much more like acutely… we basically RAG rate most our children.. So if he was absent, we'd do a home visit straight away. Cos he's one of our red rated students” (Pastoral Lead, SEND) 5.3.2 Time-saving The TFE saves some school staff time by enabling faster sharing of information. As with the TFD, it’s a somewhat mixed picture in terms of whether the TFE saves school staff time. Overall, 54% of all respondents to our TFE survey confirmed that the product does save them time. Social Finance Limited +44 (0) 20 7770 6836 87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ socialfinance.org.uk 39 However, those who use the TFE more often are more likely to report time savings: 69% of those who use it more than once a week report it helps them save time, which rises to 77% of daily users. The amount of time saved is also mixed: across all users who report time savings, 19% estimate that it saves them half a day or more per month, whilst 59% saying it has saved them between 30mins and 2 hours per month. For those that do experience this benefit, we found that it was realised in different ways. Firstly, the TFE consolidates information about a child in one place, thereby eliminating the