Change at the DfE
At the very end of last term, Lucy Powell was appointed secretary of state for education, as part of new prime minister Andy Burnham’s cabinet annou...
7th Sep 2026
Devon Association of Governance
Working together to safeguard children
The statutory guidance on multi-agency working to help, support and protect children has been updated to include:
- ‘Working together to safeguard children 2026: statutory guidance’,
- ‘Working together to safeguard children 2026: statutory framework’
- ‘Working together to safeguard children 2026: summary of changes’.
Schools need to ensure that they are working to the most recent version of the guidance.