The UK Government has published the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024 Policy Summary, outlining proposed legislative changes in social care, education, and provider regulation.

Key Measures Include:

• Social Care and Safeguarding: Establishing multi-agency child protection teams, expanding education’s role in safeguarding, and defining kinship care.
• Support for Care Leavers: Introducing a statutory duty for “Staying Close” support and requiring local authorities to publish their care leaver support plans.
• Provider Oversight: Expanding Ofsted’s regulatory powers over care providers and creating a financial oversight scheme.
• Education Reforms: Providing free breakfast clubs in primary schools, limiting branded uniform items, and enhancing teacher qualification standards.

📄 Read the full policy summary here: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024 – Policy Summary