The Department for Education (DfE) has published a final overview report1 by researchers from the Universities of East Anglia and Birmingham, of the nine government-commissioned periodic overviews of serious case reviews (SCRs) in England. The periodic overviews were published from 1998 until 2019, when SCRs were replaced by a new system of local child safeguarding practice reviews (LCSPRs).
This CASPAR briefing gives a summary of:
References
Dickens, J et al (2022) Serious case reviews 1998 to 2019: continuities, changes and challenges (PDF) London: Department for Education (DfE)Our CASPAR briefings help people working or volunteering with children and young people understand changes to safeguarding and child protection policy and guidance. They also summarise key research and reports from independent bodies such as Ofsted or the Care Inspectorate.
Annual overview of learning for practice based on analysis of serious incidents in England in 2021.
An overview of key messages from the DfE's analysis of serious case reviews (SCRs) in England between April 2017 and September 2019.
Read our series of thematic briefings highlighting the learning from case reviews. Each briefing focuses on a different topic, pulling together key risk factors and practice recommendations.
