Information sharing advice for safeguarding practitioners

Closed 6 Sep 2023

Opened 21 Jun 2023

Overview

A revision of non-statutory advice to support practitioners in the duties and decisions they take to share information. 

NB: Please ensure you read the draft information sharing guidance document at the bottom of this page before proceeding to answering the survey questions. 

Why your views matter

We are gathering a range of views to help ensure that the information sharing advice provides more clarity, is easily understood, and instils confidence to share information appropriately amongst practitioners.

What happens next

The results of the consultation and the department's response will be published on GOV.UK in Autumn 2023.

Events

  • Information Sharing Advice for Safeguarding Practitioners consultation event

    From 27 Jul 2023 at 13:00 to 27 Jul 2023 at 15:00

    The department will be holding 2 workshops targeted around specific aspects of the revised Information Sharing Advice for Practitioners on Thursday 27th July and on Monday 31st at 13:00

    The booking system for these events can be found here.

  • Information Sharing Advice for Safeguarding Practitioners consultation event

    From 31 Jul 2023 at 13:00 to 31 Jul 2023 at 15:00

    The department will be holding 2 workshops targeted around specific aspects of the revised Information Sharing Advice for Practitioners on Thursday 27th July and on Monday 31st at 13:00

    The booking system for these events can be found here.

Audiences

  • Teachers
  • Headteachers
  • Governors
  • School support staff
  • Early learning and childcare providers
  • Training providers
  • Local authorities
  • Adult education providers
  • Further education colleges
  • Sixth form colleges
  • Independent specialist colleges
  • Designated institutions and 16-19 academies
  • 16-18 year old students resident at these institutions
  • Designated safeguarding leads
  • Virtual school heads
  • SENCOs
  • Educational Psychologists
  • School business managers
  • Governing bodies and academy trusts
  • Bodies representing schools and local authorities
  • Faith bodies
  • Pupils
  • Young people
  • Parents
  • Foster carers
  • Adoptive parents
  • Employers
  • Community representatives
  • Volunteers
  • Social workers
  • Unions and representative organisations
  • Government bodies and departments
  • Contractors involved in building schools
  • Fire sector
  • All
  • Those evaluating programmes for children in need
  • Those involved in underlying theoretical research on abuse and neglect, child development etc
  • Those researching children’s social care or education systems, with links to educational outcomes of Children in Need
  • Academies (including free schools), voluntary aided schools, voluntary controlled schools, foundation schools and community schools
  • Universities
  • Social workers
  • Team managers
  • Service managers
  • Principle social workers
  • Directors of children's services
  • CAMHS
  • Adult and mental health practitioners
  • Health visitors
  • School nurses
  • Clinical commissioning groups
  • Film Industry representatives

Interests

  • Education
  • Sufficiency
  • Pupil place planning
  • Adoption
  • Fostering
  • National Curriculum
  • GCSE subject content
  • GCE AS and A level subject content
  • Sex and relationships education
  • Early learning and childcare
  • Early years foundation stage
  • Key stage 1
  • Key stage 2
  • Performance tables
  • Accommodation (Looked after children)
  • Advocacy (Looked after children)
  • Care leavers and former looked-after children
  • Financial support (Looked after children)
  • Friends and family care
  • Health and wellbeing (Looked after children)
  • Programmes and initiatives (Looked after children)
  • Short break care
  • Social care standards and guidance
  • Special guardianship
  • Support in education
  • Academy sponsorship
  • Converting to an academy
  • Free Schools, studio schools and University technical colleges
  • Setting up an academy or free school
  • Academies
  • Admissions
  • Establishing maintained schools
  • Governance
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Intervention
  • Planning
  • Pupil data
  • Statutory policies and guidance
  • Travel to school and colleges
  • Keeping children safe in education and other settings
  • Preventing neglect, abuse and exploitation
  • Safeguarding disabled children
  • Social workers' standards
  • Alternative provision
  • Attendance and absence
  • Behaviour and discipline
  • Pay, conditions and pensions
  • Recruitment
  • Teachers' standards
  • Training and development
  • Capital funding
  • Financial management
  • Post-16 funding
  • Procurement for schools
  • School and academy funding
  • School funding reform
  • Disabled children
  • SEND code of practice
  • Teaching and learning (SEND)
  • Careers guidance
  • Participation of young people in education, employment and training
  • Raising the participation age
  • Adult social care
  • Adult social work
  • Equality
  • All
  • Teacher assessment
  • Primary assessment
  • Accountability
  • School building estates
  • HE
  • Apprenticeships
  • Work based training
  • Community learning
  • Lifelong learning