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Policy paper: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024: policy summary

Department For Education

January 28
17:45 2025

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The Childrens 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

TheChildrens 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 bills measures.

Updates to this page

Published 18 December 2024
Last updated 28 January 2025 +show all updates
  1. 'Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024: policy summary notes' updated with information on the government amendment tabled on 28 January regarding the teacher pay measure.

  2. First published.

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