Management Information Sheet

The Department for Education has launched a consultation seeking views on significant revisions to 'Working Together to Safeguard Children'. These revisions are being made largely to reflect the legislative changes introduced through the Children and Social Work Act 2017.

In broad terms, these changes relate to:

• the replacement of Local Children Safeguarding Boards (LCSBs) with local safeguarding partners (section one)

• the establishment of a new national Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel (section two)

• the transfer of responsibility for child death reviews from Local Safeguarding Children Boards to new Child Death Review Partners (section three)

Chapter 3 of the draft 'Working Together to Safeguard Children' 2018 outlines clearly the expectation that all local safeguarding arrangements should contain explicit reference to how the safeguarding partners plan to involve, and give a voice to, all local schools and academies in their work. The consultation asks respondents to comment specifically on this proposal.

Consultation runs from 25 October and closes on 31 December 2017. The revised guidance and consultation documents can be accessed via: consult.education.gov.uk.