The 2026 update to Working Together To Safeguard Children guidance will feel familiar at first glance, but that familiarity risks masking a significant shift in expectations. The publication does not introduce a wholesale redesign of safeguarding systems. However, to view it as a minor update would be to underestimate its significance. The real shift is not in new concepts, but in what is now expected of leaders, partnerships and practitioners. Read more.
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