Your hub for practical safeguarding learning
Bringing together learning and insights from child safeguarding reviews to support stronger practice for children.
Featured learning resources
Adolescent suicide
Resources to help professionals recognise suicide risk and respond early.
Black, Asian and Mixed Heritage children
Resources to help professionals safeguard Black, Asian and Mixed Heritage children.
Child sexual abuse
Resources to help professionals recognise and respond to child sexual abuse.
Neglect
Resources to help professionals recognise cumulative harm and respond to neglect.
Safeguarding children not in school
Resources to help professionals respond to risks when children are not in education.
Vulnerable babies
Resources to help professionals identify and safeguard babies at risk of harm.
About the Panel
We identify learning from serious safeguarding incidents to help improve how children are protected across England.
We are an independent panel overseeing serious child safeguarding cases and identifying system‑wide learning.
Guidance for safeguarding partners and professionals involved in the child safeguarding practice review process.
Answers to common questions about the Panel and how reviews work.
News
Newsletter – September 2026
In this edition of the Panel's newsletter, you will find information about a webinar on persistent themes in child safeguarding reviews, our latest quarterly rapid review analysis, a new information sharing duty for safeguarding practitioners, changes to DBS rules on regulated activity, a recording of our webinar on adolescent suicide risk, Devon's Every Baby Matters campaign, August's published LCSPRs, and updated statutory guidance on domestic abuse related death reviews.
Newsletter – August 2026
In this edition of our newsletter for August, you will find information about a webinar on adolescent suicide risk, the Government's "Rewiring the State" devolution plan, a call for youth violence resources, Sheffield's knife crime review, July's published LCSPRs, a youth justice funding consultation, and a new Lundy model training resource.
Newsletter – July 2026
In our July newsletter, you'll find our new suite of learning resources on adolescent suicide, our first quarterly data reports on serious child safeguarding incidents, and details of the Government's response to the consultation on establishing a Child Protection Authority. We also cover the Government's response to our review Protecting all vulnerable babies better, a new briefing for safeguarding partnerships involved in public inquiries, and the Department for Education's consultation on improving help and child protection arrangements.
Southport Public Inquiry
The Government has published a response to phase 1 of the Southport Inquiry.
Reports and statistics
An overview of rapid reviews relating to incidents occurring between January and March 2026.
This briefing paper explores how suicide risk can develop over time and provides learning from safeguarding reviews, evidence and practical reflection tools to support earlier intervention and improved multi-agency practice.
An Advisory Framework to support safeguarding partners in delivering local safeguarding arrangements in England.
Concerned about a child?
If you are a member of the public concerned about a child, you can find information on reporting concerns to councils.