Working Together To Safeguard Children was updated on 18^th March 2026. 

Working Together To Safeguard Children - Statutory Guidance on Multi-Agency Working to Help, Support and Protect Children (March 2026) has been updated: Working together to safeguard children (gov.uk).

You can access the full contents list: Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026.

There is a summary of the changes that have been made in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026.

Children and young people, along with the Department for Education’s Social Care Advisory Board have co-produced Working Together to Safeguard Children: An Illustrated Guide for Children, Young People and their Families.

The Department for Education has also updated the Children’s Social Care National Framework - Statutory guidance and published Supporting Local Areas to Embed Working Together to Safeguard Children and the National Framework Guidance, which sets out how local areas can improve outcomes by focusing on:

• Increasing consistency of practice across teams and agencies;
• Strengthening multi-agency arrangements and integrated working;
• Ensuring systems, processes and decision-making align with the National Framework and Working Together Statutory Guidance;
• Using evidence and data, including insights from practice guides and the children’s social care dashboard, to evaluate impact and drive improvement.

Keeping Children Safe in Education, published September 2025, should be read alongside Working Together to Safeguard Children. 

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