Children's Trusts: Improving Support for Schools

Children's Trusts have been strengthened through the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009. Every local area is required to have a statutory Children's Trust Board with statutory responsibility for producing the local strategic Children and Young People's Plan. Children’s Trusts have also been strengthened through the addition of new relevant partners. These new statutory partners also include schools.

This short leaflet will help schools understand their role as statutory partners to the Children’s Trust; describes briefly the new legislation; what Children’s Trusts are and why they are necessary; and the role of schools within the Children’s Trust as statutory partners.