Education

Recommendations related to education

29
Recommendations
93% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (24)Accepted in Part (3)Under Review (1)Awaiting Response (1)
Recommendations in This Theme

recommendation across 10 inquiries

Tagged Recommendations
29 total
SP57 Accepted
Southport Inquiry
Agencies to respect school insight on risk
The Home Office (for police forces nationwide) Counter Terrorism Police Headquarters (for Prevent), Department of Health and Social Care (for all healthcare providers) and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local …
- The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 received Royal Assent on 29 April 2026, amending safeguarding arrangements so that designated childcare or education agencies …
Home Office
SP58 Accepted
Southport Inquiry
KCSIE 2026 safeguarding information transfer
The Department for Education, in finalising the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance 2026, and in any necessary amendments to other policy and guidance, should ensure that: 1. In cases …
- The Department for Education ran a consultation on proposed revisions to Keeping Children Safe in Education from 12 February 2026 to 22 April 2026, …
Department for Education
SP59 Accepted
Southport Inquiry
Audit of safeguarding information transfer between schools
The Department for Education should carry out an audit to ensure that safeguarding information is reliably being passed between schools and should consider what further role Ofsted may play to …
- The government stated the Department for Education expects to complete a sample audit of schools to assess the reliability of safeguarding information transfer by …
Department for Education
SP60 Accepted
Southport Inquiry
School safeguarding recording systems
The Department for Education should ensure (either by direct guidance or through Ofsted) that all schools are required to record safeguarding information in a system that is fit for purpose.
- Keeping Children Safe in Education, the Department for Education's statutory safeguarding guidance for schools and colleges, requires settings to record safeguarding concerns and referrals, …
Department for Education
SP61 Accepted
Southport Inquiry
LCC education provision and attendance audit
Lancashire County Council should, by no later than 13 October 2026, carry out and report on an audit (preferably involving an experienced independent external member) to review: 1. The speed …
- The government response records that this recommendation requires delivery by an organisation outside central government (Lancashire County Council), that the government has written to …
Lancashire County Council
SP62 Accepted
Southport Inquiry
Guidance on LEA and police visits to absent children
The Department for Education and the Home Office should review whether further guidance and/or minimum guidance is required in relation to local education authority and police visits to children not …
- The Post-16 education and skills white paper sets out initiatives to help young people at risk of becoming NEET into education, training and work, …
Department for Education
SP63 Accepted
Southport Inquiry
Improved school Prevent training
The Department for Education should ensure that (i) its own policy guidance for teachers and schools (outside the Statutory Guidance for which the Home Office is responsible) is strengthened; and …
- The Keeping children safe in education: proposed revisions 2026 consultation ran from 12 February 2026 to 22 April 2026 (Keeping children safe in education: …
Department for Education
SP64 Accepted
Southport Inquiry
Review of school attendance monitoring guidance
The Department for Education should undertake a targeted review, engaging with a representative sample of local authorities, to check both that the current (improved) guidance is now sufficient and understood …
- The government response states the Department for Education is the lead department and expects to complete implementation by late 2026, with regional workshops with …
Department for Education
SP65 Accepted
Southport Inquiry
Remedial steps for failing education authorities
The Department for Education should consider what remedial steps can be put in place to assist in circumstances where, whether through underfunding or underperformance, local education authorities are failing to …
- The SEND reform: putting children and young people first consultation ran from 23 February 2026 to 18 May 2026, set out an intention to …
Department for Education
SP66 Accepted
Southport Inquiry
Guidance for parents of children found with weapons
The Youth Justice Board should ensure that a form of clear practical written guidance is drafted which relevant professionals (social care, healthcare, police, education) can provide to parents of children …
- The Ministry of Justice stated that it supports the Chair's recommendation 66 for the Youth Justice Board to issue written guidance for parents of …
Youth Justice Board for …
SP67 Accepted
Southport Inquiry
Law Commission review of duty to warn/report
The Law Commission should be asked to review the merits of legal reform concerning whether specified categories of persons ought to be under a legal duty to warn about, or …
- The government response states the Ministry of Justice is the sponsoring department for the Law Commission, that the Law Commission is engaging with the …
Law Commission
P2-24 Under Consideration
Fuller Inquiry
Anatomical education security and dignity policies
All organisations providing anatomical education and training using donors should make sure that policies and procedures are in place to ensure the security and dignity of donors. These should include: …
- The government stated in December 2025 that this recommendation on security of body donors in anatomical examination facilities was under consideration. Full government response …
Department of Health and…
P2-16 Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Increase Masters-level fire engineering course places
That the government take urgent steps to increase the number of places on high-quality masters level courses in fire engineering accredited by the professional regulator. (113.25)
- The government accepted this recommendation in February 2025, recognising the value of increasing fire engineering master's level courses (Government Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry …
UK Government
P2-19 Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Review architect education and training for fire safety
We recognise that both the Architects Registration Board (ARB) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) have taken steps since the Grenfell Tower fire to improve the education and …
- ARB and RIBA accepted this recommendation in February 2025, noting both had taken steps since the Grenfell Tower fire to improve education and training …
ARB/RIBA
IBI-3a Accepted
Infected Blood Inquiry
Medical Education - Curriculum
The General Medical Council, and NHS Education for Scotland, Health Education and Improvement Wales, Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency and NHS England, should take steps to ensure that …
- The Government stated in December 2024 that a combined working group including NHS England, four-nation blood services, and statutory education bodies had been established …
GMC UK Government
IBI-3b Accepted
Infected Blood Inquiry
Medical Education - Training Materials
They should look favourably upon putting together a package of training materials, with excerpts from oral and written testimony, to underpin what can happen in healthcare, and must be avoided …
- The Government stated in December 2024 that a Patient Safety Syllabus would incorporate Inquiry testimony through case studies and workshops, and that four-nation statutory …
GMC UK Government
IBI-3c Accepted
Infected Blood Inquiry
Inquiry Website Preservation
The Inquiry website is maintained online
- The Government stated in December 2024 that the transfer of the Inquiry website to The National Archives was underway, and that options to maintain …
UK Government
IBI-7d Accepted in Part
Infected Blood Inquiry
Training in Transfusion Medicine
Training in Transfusion Medicine: That those bodies concerned with undergraduate and postgraduate training across the UK of those people who are, or intend to be, working in the NHS ensure …
- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as: Accepted in principle by the UK Government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government, Northern Ireland Executive (Infected Blood …
UK Government
ANG-22 No Response
Angiolini Inquiry
Information and early intervention for men and boys
By September 2026, the Home Office (as the lead department for the response to violence against women and girls), working closely with the Department for Education, the Ministry of Justice, …
- This is a Part 2 recommendation from the Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report, published 2 December 2025, calling for increased and improved information, …
Home Office
FR-4 Accepted in Part
IICSA
Public Awareness Campaign
The Inquiry recommends that the UK government and the Welsh Government commission regular programmes of activity to increase public awareness about child sexual abuse and the action to take if …
- In May 2023, the government stated it would continue funding awareness campaigns including Stop Abuse Together, Look Closer, ParentWise and No Place To Hide …
UK Government
8 Accepted in Part
IICSA
Expand Ofsted powers for unregistered settings
The government should introduce legislation to: change the definition of full-time education, and to bring any setting that is the pupil's primary place of education within the scope of the …
- On 2 March 2022, the UK government stated that it had consulted on legislating to amend registration requirements for independent educational institutions in 2020 …
UK Government
IHRD-67 Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Informing Teaching Authorities
Should findings from investigation or review imply inadequacy in current programmes of medical or nursing education then the relevant teaching authority should be informed.
- HSC Trusts reported that training on human factors and patient safety had been incorporated into staff development programmes (IHRD Implementation Programme, Department of Health …
HSC Trusts
22 Accepted
Morecambe Bay Investigation
Recognise educational opportunities in smaller units
We believe that the educational opportunities afforded by smaller units, particularly in delivering a broad range of care with a high personal level of responsibility, have been insufficiently recognised and …
- In July 2015, the government stated: "We accept this recommendation in principle" and confirmed that Health Education England had established a working group to …
NHS England
F155 Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Medical training
The General Medical Council should set out a standard requirement for routine visits to each local education provider, and programme in accordance with the following principles: The Postgraduate Dean should …
- The GMC stated in April 2025 that it had revised its standards for medical education and training in 2018 and enhanced the role of …
GMC
F171 Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Deans
All Local Education and Training Boards should have a post of medically qualified postgraduate dean responsible for all aspects of postgraduate medical education.
- The Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England stated in April 2025 that Local Education Training Boards (LETBs) have been replaced by …
NHS England
R16 Accepted
Bichard Inquiry
Interview training for headteachers
Head teachers and school governors should receive training on how to ensure that interviews to appoint staff reflect the importance of safeguarding children.
DfES
R17 Accepted
Bichard Inquiry
Trained panel member requirement
From a date to be agreed, no interview panel to appoint staff working in schools should be convened without at least one member being properly trained.
DfES
R18 Accepted
Bichard Inquiry
Inspection of school recruitment
The relevant inspection bodies should, as part of their inspection, review the existence and effectiveness of a school's selection and recruitment arrangements.
DfES
R21 Accepted
Bichard Inquiry
Enhanced Disclosure for school staff
All posts, including those in schools, that involve working with children, and vulnerable adults, should be subject to the Enhanced Disclosure regime.
Home Office