Family and Community

View a range of Family & Community focused research articles and reports from Wales and across the UK for those who wish to develop their knowledge further. This section includes relevant reviews of policy and practice to measure success and areas for improvement. Please note that copyright prevents us hosting some published journal articles and therefore these are provided as links to external websites and may require payment or access arrangement to view.

  • Evaluation of Adoption England’s Grants Programme

    Adoption England commissioned an evaluation partnership between the University of East Anglia and IPC to examine the implementation of matching grants and explore early evidence of their impact. For more information about the evaluation
  • Health and Social Care in the Community

    The adoption of digital technologies in adult social care is becoming an increasing priority for governments worldwide. This includes the use of information and communication technologies by social care professionals to enhance communication and engagement with adults who require social care support.
  • Evaluation of Pay Structures

    This report explores pay structures within Wales’ social care workforce and considers how they influence recruitment and retention. It builds on the pay and progression framework developed by the Fair Work Forum, which sets out job bands (A–E) for roles across children’s and adult social care.
  • Supporting Staff Wellbeing in HE

    This report presents the findings of a national study examining working life in UK Higher Education institutions. 
  • Healthy Eating, Nutrition and Physical Wellbeing

    These explored everyday food choices, barriers to healthier routines and what support would make the biggest difference.
  • Social Media, Screen Time and Online Safety

    Focus groups explored screen time pressures, social media concerns, and what families need to feel safer online.
  • ESTYN Chief Inspector’s Annual Report 2024-2025

    The report aims to support practitioners, leaders, and policymakers by presenting key findings, trends, and recommendations that can help drive improvement across the system
  • National assurance assessment of maternity and neonatal services in Wales

    The path to safer beginnings in Wales is an independent report about maternity and neonatal services across Wales. It assesses the quality, safety, equity and consistency of care
  • Formative evaluation of the Curriculum for Wales

    This report presents a synthesis of findings from across the first phase of the formative evaluation of the Curriculum for Wales.
  • Formative evaluation of Curriculum for Wales

    This report presents findings from a survey of senior leaders and practitioners in schools and settings about their practices, views and experiences in relation to Curriculum for Wales.