ensure that Procedure Rules Court orders regarding the issued in the sharing of course of information, other private law than where this is in proceedings the furtherance of are routinely child protection. shared with Schools do not fall schools. within that Currently, the definition, so the responsibility permission of the sits with the court would be child’s required. parent(s) to Letter response share a copy from LSCB of any such dated 17/11/2016. Court order with the school Response: It was where discussed that in this appropriate. case, the schools As set out in knew there were the response private court from Cafcass, proceedings but did and included not have a copy of in the DHR the court order. overview This is Response: report, it would not the role of LSCB require the but a role for permission of education and CYPS. the Court to Education will enable
Procedure Rules regarding the sharing of information, other than where this is in the furtherance of child protection. Schools do not fall within that definition, so the permission of the court would be required. Letter response from LSCB dated 17/11/2016. Response: It was discussed that in this case, the schools knew there were private court proceedings but did not have a copy of the court order. Response: This is not the role of LSCB but a role for education and CYPS. Education will ensure that Court orders issued in the course of private law proceedings are routinely shared with schools. Currently, the responsibility sits with the child’s parent(s) to share a copy of any such Court order with the school where appropriate. As set out in the response from Cafcass, and included in the DHR overview report, it would require the permission of the Court to enable
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