Children’s social care private dashboard early adopters scheme
Grant for local authorities applying to become an early adopter of the children’s social care private dashboard.
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- Closing date: (Midnight)
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Summary
The children’s social care (CSC) private dashboard early adopter scheme is part of our objective to improve how we collect, share, and use CSC data to improve the outcomes for children, young people, and families.
The scheme provides local authorities in England with the opportunity to work with the Department for Education to test more timely data flows in a secure private access version of the children’s social care dashboard.
Eligibility
All upper tier local authorities are eligible to apply, except those who have received a S114 notice in the current financial year.
Objectives
Our ambition is to work with LAs to:
develop and continually improve a private access version of the CSC dashboard that enables improved benchmarking against the National Framework outcomes and enablers to support learning
understand and test our data flow solutions to identify a scalable, sustainable solution to more timely data while minimising data burdens
understand the data accuracy, burden, associated costs for reviewing and sharing data on an increased frequency
Dates
The scheme will be delivered across two phases:
phase 1: technical testing, which will run from July 2025 to September 2025.
phase 2: main scheme, which will run from October 2025 to September 2026
These dates are subject to change.
The application period will open 21 May 2025 and close at 11:59pm on 17 June 2025.
Please ensure all clarification questions are submitted to csc.dashboard@education.gov.uk by 11.59pm on 11 June 2025, to allow sufficient time for responses before the application deadline.
How to apply
Local authorities can apply to become a children’s social care private dashboard early adopter through our gov.uk page by downloading and completing the application form. Please email a Word copy of your completed application form to csc.dashboard@education.gov.uk by 11:59pm on 17 June 2025.
Supporting information
Further information about the CSC dashboard and the CSC National Framework can be found at: