The government must “go much further” to boost schools’ safeguarding role, the author of a landmark review of social care has said.
Ministers’ have faced criticism for their “half-hearted” response to Josh MacAlister’s review, which recommended that schools should become statutory safeguarding partners alongside police, health services and councils, and that they should be considered “corporate parents” of children in care.
The Department for Education’s response last week pledged only to consult on these changes, while other recommendations were not addressed.
The review called for £2.6 billion over five years but ministers have allocated just £200 million over two years.
