 threshold for actual or likely significant harm across key agencies. Minimum expectations: Test a stronger role for education at strategic level Local areas must: • Establish an education forum with representatives from across the education sector, who will meet regularly to discuss their views and provide feedback on policies. • From within that education forum, identify two individuals who can take on the role of Lead and Delegate Safeguarding Partners and attend meetings as agreed by partners. • Identify what impact a strengthened role for education has on services (e.g. reduction in ‘no further action(ed)’ referrals, improved information sharing). • Identify what costs are associated with strengthening the role of education. • Identify what, if any, additional burdens are placed on the education sector and/or partners. Minimum expectations: Establish clear and effective multi-agency data and information- sharing arrangements Detail Local areas must: • Develop and implement plans for achieving timely and effective information sharing in both the short and longer term (i.e. interim arrangements ahead of substantive changes to case management systems). • Consider mechanisms to support multi-agency information sharing out of hours (please see ‘Child Protection’ section. • Undertake a population needs assessment and understand and review trends across the system. • Explore and make use of e.g. open feeds, data warehouses/lakes. Minimum expectations: Develop and agree shared set of outcome measures at child, family, cohort, demand and population level Detail Local areas must: • Align with CSC National Practice Framework and have regard to the Early Help System Guide and the Supporting Families Outcomes Framework. 80 • Include quality of whole family practice and family v