............................................................................. 72 6.1 Education as a fourth statutory safeguarding partner ................................................................ 74 7 Key messages .................................................................................................................................... 76 7.1 Themes ....................................................................................................................................... 76 Poverty ......................................................................................................................................... 76 Early help ...................................................................................................................................... 77 Management and regulation of the placement market ................................................................. 78 Mental health and wellbeing provision for children ...................................................................... 78 Long-term and sustainable funding for child and family services ................................................ 78 Education ...................................................................................................................................... 79 7.2 Safeguarding Pressures 9: Data collection methods ................................................................. 80 7.3 Notes on quantitative data analysis methods and charts ........................................................... 82 References ............................................................................................................................................ 84 4 Foreword In March 2024, ADCS published a policy position paper called Childhood matte