Mixed Bag

A short sharp summary of some new documents:

• Working Together to Safeguard Children: A Guide to Inter-Agency Working to Safeguard and Promote the Welfare of Children is new guidance from the DfE covering the legislative requirements and expectations on individual services to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. A summary of its content can be found in this article.

•  Conception to Age 2: the Age of Opportunity is a report examining the importance of mothers bonding with their babies at an early age; again, you can read a summary of its content in this article.

• The Office of the Children's Commissioner has just published "They go the Extra Mile": Reducing Inequality in School Exclusions.