What works in Swindon
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for Swindon
Swindon Borough Council piloted Magic Notes, an AI transcription tool, between April and July 2024 with 19 social workers across 184 meetings, cutting Care Act assessment time from 90 minutes to 35 minutes and report-writing time from four hours to roughly 90 minutes. User satisfaction averaged 4.26 out of 5 across the trial councils, and Swindon secured a further six-month contract with Beam after the pilot. The evidence does not quantify outcomes beyond the pilot period or whether the tool has since been rolled out more widely in Swindon itself.
Drawn from: Knowledge Transfer Partnerships — Embedding Graduates to Move University Research into UK Businesses · Magic Notes — Swindon's AI Meeting-Notes Tool Cuts Social Work Admin Time by More Than Half · SBRI — the UK's Small Business Research Initiative, Reviewed and Relaunched Twice
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evidence of impact / measured results +20 pts 78 here · 57 average
Transferability / demonstrated replication +18 pts 78 here · 60 average
Scalability +16 pts 78 here · 62 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +13 pts 67 here · 54 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +9 pts 83 here · 74 average
Weaknesses
Innovation -12 pts 50 here · 62 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Swindon. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships — Embedding Graduates to Move University Research into UK Businesses · 86
Magic Notes — Swindon's AI Meeting-Notes Tool Cuts Social Work Admin Time by More Than Half · 80
SBRI — the UK's Small Business Research Initiative, Reviewed and Relaunched Twice · 52
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Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
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Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more