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Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

The Department for Education is progressing the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which introduces new provisions affecting local authorities, parents, and home-educated children. The bill includes requirements for local authority home visits and parental engagement mechanisms, with outstanding questions regarding enforcement, cost implications, and parental sanctions. Current status involves parliamentary scrutiny and cost assessments.

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2026

13 events
29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Education linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the proposed 15 day limit for local authority visits to home educated children in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill would apply to (a) requ

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the proposed 15 day limit for local authority visits to home educated children in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill would apply to (a) requesting the visit, (b) finalising arrangements for …

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Education linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost to local authorities of the provisions in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill on visiting home educated childr

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost to local authorities of the provisions in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill on visiting home educated children, including travel time.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Education linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the resident parent will be subject to sanctions if the non-resident parent refuses a visit request under provisions in the Children's Wellbeing an

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the resident parent will be subject to sanctions if the non-resident parent refuses a visit request under provisions in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill for local authorities to visit home …

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Education linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the non-resident parent will be subject to sanctions if the resident parent refuses a visit request under provisions in the Children's Wellbeing an

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the non-resident parent will be subject to sanctions if the resident parent refuses a visit request under provisions in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill for local authorities to visit home …

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Education linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of visiting several homes, including where the non-resident parent lives out of the area, on local aut

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of visiting several homes, including where the non-resident parent lives out of the area, on local authorities under provisions in the Children's Wellbeing …

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Education linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether parents will be sanctioned if the child will not agree to a meeting under provisions in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill for local authori

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether parents will be sanctioned if the child will not agree to a meeting under provisions in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill for local authorities to visit home educated children at …

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28 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Education linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether local authorities in England have received from the Department for Education information on how they can implement the HAF Plus model of the Holida

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether local authorities in England have received from the Department for Education information on how they can implement the HAF Plus model of the Holiday Activities and Food programme.

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7 Jan 2026 | Impact assessment Department for Education linked

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: impact assessments

Impact assessments of the measures in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: regulato… (70pp)
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↓ Children’s Social Care Financial Oversight Scheme: regulato… (38pp) ↓ Children’s Social Care Provider Oversight Regime: regulator… (18pp) ↓ Children’s Social Care Profit Cap: regulatory impact assess… (20pp) ↓ Children Not in School Registers: regulatory impact assessm… (38pp) ↓ Strengthening Regulation of Independent Educational Institu… (79pp) ↓ Teacher Misconduct: regulatory impact assessment (as amende… (36pp) ↓ Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – non-regulatory impa… (89pp) ↓ Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – non-regulatory impa… (81pp) ↓ Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: equality impact asse… (76pp) ↓ Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: child’s rights impac… (83pp)

2025

6 events
28 Feb 2025 | Memorandum linked

We recommend that the Government undertakes to follow the Cabinet Office Guide to Making Legislation and engage meaningfully, and in a timely way, with select committees as a way of improving policy making and building consensus on important legislation. We further recommend that the Government provide a memorandum to the Liaison Committee demonstrating how it plans to engage with select committees on legislation over the Parliament. (Recommendation, Paragraph 12) 26

We recommend that the Government undertakes to follow the Cabinet Office Guide to Making Legislation and engage meaningfully, and in a timely way, with select committees as a way of improving policy making and building consensus on important legislation. We …

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28 Feb 2025 | Written evidence linked

We have worked at pace on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to contribute to fulfil our scrutiny role within the parameters set by the Government’s timetable and increase transparency for the benefit of the House and, we hope, those who will be affected by the legislation. We are particularly grateful to those young adults who gave evidence to us on their lived experience of the care system and have reflected their voices in this Report. We have tested the Bill’s provisions with stake...

We have worked at pace on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to contribute to fulfil our scrutiny role within the parameters set by the Government’s timetable and increase transparency for the benefit of the House and, we hope, those …

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2024

2 events

2022

20 events
18 Jul 2022 | Bill stage Department for Education linked

Schools Bill [HL]

Report (2nd Day) Relevant documents: 2nd and 8th Reports from the Delegated Powers Committee 15:18:00 Motion Moved by Baroness Barran: That the Bill be now further considered on Report. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education (Baroness Barran) (Con): …

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18 Jul 2022 | Bill stage Department for Education linked

Schools Bill [HL]

Report (2nd Day) (Continued) Relevant documents : 2nd and 8th Reports from the Delegated Powers Committee 21:21:00 Amendment 104 Moved by 104: After Clause 67, insert the following new Clause— “Provision of defibrillators in schools and AcademiesThe Secretary of State …

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12 Jul 2022 | Bill stage Department for Education linked

Schools Bill [HL]

Report (1st Day) Relevant document: 2nd Report from the Delegated Powers Committee 15:21:00 Motion Moved by Baroness Barran: That the Report be now received. Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GP): My Lords, I propose to your Lordships’ House that Report …

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12 Jul 2022 | Bill stage Department for Education linked

Schools Bill [HL]

Report (1st Day) (Continued) 20:52:00 Amendment 62 Moved by 62: After Clause 46, insert the following new Clause— “Funding for specialist education services for children and young people with sensory impairment(1) An English local authority must secure that provision of …

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29 Jun 2022 | Bill stage Department for Education linked

Schools Bill [HL]

Order of Consideration Motion 15:45:00 Moved by Baroness Barran: That the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order: Clauses 1 to 3, Schedule 1, Clauses 4 to 7, Schedule 2, Clauses 8 to 45, …

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27 Jun 2022 | Bill stage Department for Education linked

Schools Bill [HL]

Committee (6th Day) 18:24:00 Relevant documents: 2nd Report from the Delegated Powers Committee, 1st Report from the Constitution Committee Amendment 156 Moved by 156: After Clause 65, insert the following new Clause— “School land and buildingsThe Secretary of State must, …

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22 Jun 2022 | Bill stage Department for Education linked

Schools Bill [HL]

Committee (5th Day) 16:13:00 Relevant documents: 2nd Report from the Delegated Powers Committee, 1st Report from the Constitution Committee Clause 48: Registration Amendment 112A Moved by 112A: Clause 48, page 42, line 2, at end insert— “(4) Regulations must, in …

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20 Jun 2022 | Bill stage Department for Education linked

Schools Bill [HL]

Committee (4th Day) 15:11:00 Relevant documents: 2nd Report from the Delegated Powers Committee and 1st Report from the Constitution Committee Amendment 91 Moved by 91: After Clause 38, insert the following new Clause— “Creation and funding of careers programme for …

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20 Jun 2022 | Bill stage Department for Education linked

Schools Bill [HL]

Committee (4th Day) (Continued) 21:10:00 Amendment 97D Moved by 97D: Clause 48, page 41, line 26, at end insert “gender, and ethnicity,” Member’s explanatory statement Inserted section 436C relates to the content of children not in school registers. This amendment …

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15 Jun 2022 | Bill stage Department for Education linked

Schools Bill [HL]

Committee (3rd Day) 16:34:00 Relevant documents: 2nd Report from the Delegated Powers Committee and 1st Report from the Constitution Committee The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education (Baroness Barran) (Con): My Lords, with the leave of the House, I …

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15 Jun 2022 | Bill stage Department for Education linked

Schools Bill [HL]

Committee (3rd Day) (Continued) 20:38:00 Clause 33: Nationally determined funding for schools in England Amendment 87 Moved by 87: Clause 33, page 30, line 3, at end insert— “(11) Within the period of one year beginning with the day on …

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13 Jun 2022 | Bill stage Department for Education linked

Schools Bill [HL]

Committee (2nd Day) 15:22:00 Relevant documents: 2nd Report from the Delegated Powers Committee and 1st Report from the Constitution Committee Clause 2: Academy standards: relationship with contractual agreements Amendment 30 Moved by 30: Clause 2, page 3, line 35, leave …

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13 Jun 2022 | Bill stage Department for Education linked

Schools Bill [HL]

Committee (2nd Day) (Continued) 20:17:00 Amendment 41 Moved by 41: After Clause 7, insert the following new Clause— “Geographical spread of multi-academy trusts(1) The Secretary of State must not—(a) enter into an Academy agreement with a proprietor to fund a …

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13 Jun 2022 | Policy paper Department for Education linked

Schools Bill: policy statements

Information explaining measures in the Schools Bill, which was introduced to Parliament in May 2022.

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↓ Academy trust intervention powers: Schools Bill (16pp) ↓ Faith protections: Schools Bill (15pp) ↓ Grammar schools: Schools Bill (11pp) ↓ Local authority academisation power: Schools Bill (6pp) ↓ Transfer of land by local authorities: Schools Bill (8pp) ↓ National Funding Formula reforms: Schools Bill (30pp) ↓ Children not in school: Schools Bill (36pp) ↓ School attendance: Schools Bill (15pp) ↓ Independent educational institutions registration requireme… (13pp) ↓ Independent educational institutions enforcement: Schools B… (10pp) ↓ Independent educational institutions de-registration appeal… (7pp) ↓ Independent educational institutions material change: Schoo… (14pp) ↓ Independent educational institutions investigatory powers: … (10pp) ↓ Teacher misconduct: Schools Bill (11pp)
8 Jun 2022 | Bill stage Department for Education linked

Schools Bill [HL]

Committee (1st Day) 15:51:00 Relevant documents: 2nd Report from the Delegated Powers Committee, 1st Report from the Constitution Committee Clause 1: Academy standards Amendment 1 Moved by 1: Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out “may” and insert “must” …

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23 May 2022 | Bill stage Department for Education linked

Schools Bill [HL]

Second Reading 15:20:00 Moved by Baroness Barran: That the Bill be now read a second time. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education (Baroness Barran) (Con): My Lords, I thank those noble Lords who showed an interest in this …

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23 May 2022 | Bill stage Department for Education linked

Schools Bill [HL]

Second Reading (Continued) 18:20:00 Lord Lexden (Con): My Lords, I declare my interests as a former general secretary of the Independent Schools Council, which accredits and represents some 1,400 schools, and as the current president of the Independent Schools Association, …

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23 May 2022 | Bill stage Department for Education linked

Schools Bill [HL]

Order of Consideration Motion 20:15:00 Moved by Baroness Barran: That it be an instruction to the Committee of the Whole House to which the Schools Bill has been committed that they consider the Bill in the following order: Clauses 1 …

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11 May 2022 | Bill stage Department for Education linked

Schools Bill [HL]

First Reading 15:07:00 A Bill to make provision for the regulation of Academies; about school and local education funding; about the attendance of children at school; about the regulation of independent educational institutions; about teacher misconduct; and for connected purposes. …

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2021

2 events
17 Nov 2021 | Announcement Department for Education linked

Education Staff Wellbeing

UIN: HLWS384 My honourable friend the Minister of State for School Standards (Robin Walker) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:We recognise the incredible efforts of schools and colleges to maintain the safety and wellbeing of staff, students, and pu...

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17 Nov 2021 | Announcement Department for Education linked

Education Staff Wellbeing

UIN: HCWS398 We recognise the incredible efforts of schools and colleges to maintain the safety and wellbeing of staff, students, and pupils and we are grateful to them for what they are doing.Supporting the wellbeing and mental health of staff …

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