Year End Report 2019/20: Outcomes of Young People Supported by HeadStart Kent

There is evidence that the outcomes of young people accessing support provided by HeadStart Kent (HSK) are improving. In particular, for the young people accessing additional support, where they reported significant improvements in their wellbeing after the interventions.

However, quantitative evidence around changes in wellbeing, difficulties, attendance and exclusions for those accessing support, mostly at the Universal Plus level, mainly showed no significant differences or a decline.

Although due to the relatively small sample sizes available for analysis at this stage, care should be taken not to interpret these findings negatively. Future analysis of the larger cohort of young people who accessed support up to the end of last year should provide more reliable results.

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