87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ socialfinance.org.uk 36 “I've always found that education has always been the poor relative of the team around the child. We've never been party to the information that's on Think Family. So when it came out, it's like, thank God!” Like the TFD, at a general level the large majority of those who we surveyed (85%) agreed or strongly agreed that the TFE impacts their work positively. Below, we explore some of the reasons why this is the case in more detail. 5.3.1 Effectiveness The TFE helps school staff to identify and monitor children who need support Many staff described how access to information in the TFE “helps identify social care cases and level of need” (Vice-principal, Primary), which is useful in various situations. Firstly, this information supports school staff to identify children with support needs when they start or move schools, when there is a limited understanding of their circumstances. Although communication processes between different schools and agencies exist, when these falter, the TFE can highlight instances of child vulnerability. As one Headteacher explains: “It has enabled us to see children that we had not been made aware about through other communications.” (Head, Primary) Additionally, the TFE also supports school staff with identifying changes in support needs of existing students, as one Designated Safeguarding Lead explains: “It updates me on children's changing situations, and gives me a contact for a lead professional so I can follow up” (Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), Secondary) As well as identification, the TFE supports “effective monitoring of children and families” (Inclusion Lead / DSL, Primary) in terms of understanding risk. This is of particular benefit given the reported time delay of saf