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resources
These resources are maintained, meaning that we monitor developments on a regular
basis and update them as soon as possible.
| 1 | Appointing guardians in wills A note explaining how parents can appoint guardians for minor children in their wills. It covers simple appointments and more complicated ones, with examples, and also explains how to revoke or end an appointment. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 2 | Childcare court forms PLC Public Sector has reproduced the following HMCTS court forms as word documents: Form C1: application for an order. Form C2: application for permission to start proceedings; for an order or directions in existing proceedings; or to be joined as, or cease to be, a party in existing family proceedings under the Children Act 1989. Form C11: supplement for an application for an emergency protection order. Form C23: emergency protection order. Form C110: application under the Children Act 1989 for a care or supervision order. Form A50: application for a placement order. Form A52: application for revocation of a placement order. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 3 | DBS checks and the children's barred list: a quick guide for ... A quick guide for local authorities and schools on the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 4 | Local authority duties under the Children Act 1989 A note covering local authority duties under the Children Act 1989 in relation to looked after children and unaccompanied children seeking asylum. The note also deals with the inter-relationship between a local authority's duty under the Children Act 1989 and its duty under the Housing Act 1996 to secure accommodation for a homeless applicant. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | Parental responsibility: what is it and who has it? A practice note explaining the meaning of parental responsibility for children, who has parental responsibility and how it ends, with examples. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Protection of Freedoms Act 2012: public sector implications A note on the Protection of Freedoms Bill which received Royal Assent on 1 May 2012 to become the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Pupil records and information This note sets out the various obligations that schools have in relation to the collection and dissemination of pupil information. It also gives details of the requirement on schools to keep curricular and educational records for pupils and to make these records available for inspection. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | School travel Local authorities in England and Wales are obliged to make free home-to-school travel arrangements for certain children. This note explains the nature and extent of that duty. | Practice notes | Maintained |