Policy paper

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024: policy summary

Information on the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

Applies to England

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The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill aims to change the law to better protect children and raise standards in education.

We will publish a regulatory and equalities impact assessment in due course.

The policy summary contains information on the measures within the bill. It sets out:

  • what the government aims to achieve through each measure
  • why we need the legislation
  • effects of the legislation
  • how the legislation will work in practice

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill and its supporting documents are available on the UK Parliament website.

The Keeping children safe, helping families thrive policy statement outlines in further detail some of the bill’s measures.

Updates to this page

Published 18 December 2024

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