School Attendance

11
Recommendations
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Government Response
Accepted (11)
Recommendations in This Theme

recommendation across 1 inquiry

Across 1 inquiry
Southport Inquiry
Tagged Recommendations
11 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