The Children, Schools and Families Bill

• The Children, Schools and Families Bill was introduced into the House of Commons on 19 November 2009. The Bill featured (as the Improving Schools and Safeguarding Bill) in the Draft Legislative Programme published on 29 June 2009.

You can find transcripts of each of the debates, up-to-date copies of the Bill and find out more about the various stages of a Bill’s passage through Parliament by looking at the Children, Schools and Families Bill pages on the Parliament website.

The Children, Schools and Families Bill

The Bill will reform schools and wider children’s services through providing guarantees for parents and pupils setting out what they can expect from a 21st century schools system. It will equip every child, every family and everyone who works with them to meet the challenges ahead, and so help secure this country’s success now and in the future.

It builds on a decade of ever-increasing standards of pupil achievement, record investment in infrastructure and the workforce, and the development of one of the most robust children’s safeguarding system in the world. Together this ensures that every child and young person has the best start in life and has the support and opportunities for every chance of success in the future.

The Children, Schools and Families Bill will introduce legislative changes following the 21st century schools consultation and white paper Your Child, Your Schools, Our Future, as well as the Rose primary curriculum review, Macdonald PSHE review, and Badman home education review.

Related links

• · Children, Schools and Families Bill
• · Explanatory notes
• · Impact assessment
• · Equalities impact assessment
• · DPRRC (Delegated powers and regulatory reform) memo
• · Press notice