A report on the On Track programme, originally devised by the Home Office as a crime reduction programme in England and Wales, concluded that it has had a positive impact on children and their families.
On Track: A Qualitative Study of the Early Impacts of Services, published last week by the National Foundation for Educational Research, said the programme's five core interventions - family therapy, parent support/training, home-school partnerships and support work, home visits, and pre-school education - had had a 'direct and positive impact' on children's behaviour, improving school attendance and reducing exclusion.
It also found that children were more confident and had higher self-esteem.
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