that support good social work practice A joint bid to undertake this work was written by Essex County Council, three London Borough Councils - Camden, Croydon and Sutton, and Data to Insight (D2I). User researchers were employed to recruit participants and carry out the research. Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) joined this consortium later to undertake in-depth data analysis and develop the report. The following four research questions developed by the DfE for this project were subsequently addressed: 1. Whether social workers do or do not consider the data items helpful to record in their work with children and families? 2. If the data item is considered not helpful for a social worker to record – why is this? 3. If the item is considered not helpful for a social worker to record, does it nonetheless contain information that is helpful to others in the local authority (LA), such as service managers or audit teams? Why is this? 4. Whether the item is ‘local’ data, statutory data, or Ofsted Annex A data (with any additional categories of data also specified); and for each local data item, why it is being recorded? Research design and methodology This research project was divided into three phases: 1. Development of a data matrix by D2I 2. User research to understand CSC workers’ experiences of working with their CMS data entry points, including: - Focus groups and individual interviews with practitioners 7 DfE Project 2A: User research into social worker inputted data to CMS - Individual interviews with data consumers 3. Interviews with care experienced young people in one LA through a sub-project called ‘Missing Chapters’ Practice context The four participating LAs are all rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted. They have varied practice contexts whereby they use differe