Amendments

2025

June 2025

The Surrey Self-Harm Protocol	This chapter was updated in June 2025.
Pre-Birth	This chapter was updated in June 2025.
Continuum of Support for Children and Families Living in Surrey	The Continuum of Support for Children and Families Living in Surrey Procedure was updated in June 2025.
Missing	The Children Missing Education Procedure was updated in June 2025.
Child Criminal Exploitation	This chapter was refreshed in June 2025.
Child Sexual Abuse in the Family Environment	This chapter was refreshed in June 2025.
Parents with Learning Disabilities	In June 2025, this chapter was refreshed.
Online Safety	In June 2025 information was added into Section 1, Definition in relation to sexually coerced extortion.
Child Sexual Exploitation	This chapter was refreshed in June 2025.
Pre-Birth Procedure	This chapter was updated in June 2025.
Harmful Sexual Behaviour	This chapter was refreshed in June 2025.
Strategy Discussions and Child Protection Enquiries - Section 47 Children Act 1989	This chapter was revised locally throughout in June 2025.
Guidance for Safe Recruitment, Selection and Retention for Staff and Volunteers	This chapter was updated in June 2025 to include a link to Disclosure and Barring Service Guidance Leaflets - GOV.UK in Section 9, Further Information.
Children with Disabilities/Complex Needs	This chapter as updated in June 2025.
Allegations Against Staff or Volunteers	This chapter was updated in June 2025 to include a link to the Disclosure and Barring Service Guidance Leaflets - GOV.UK in Section 9.1, Substantiated Allegations.
Children Missing Education	This chapter was updated in June 2025 to bring it into line with Children Missing Education (August 2024). The changes are technical updates only to bring the guidance in line with the Working together to improve attendance statutory guidance and the School Attendance (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2024. It also highlights pending legislation: The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill and brings to the attention of readers Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) Thematic Reviews of Children Not in School in Local Areas which will be undertaken in 2025
Domestic Abuse	This chapter was updated in June 2025 to include information on Stalking Protection Orders.
Recognising Abuse and Neglect	In June 2025, amendments were made to the definition of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in line with further revisions to Working Together to Safeguard Children.
Bruising in Babies and Children	This chapter was updated in June 2025.