The Children, Families, Lifelong Learning and Culture Select Committee of Surrey Council are scheduled to discuss a serious case review regarding the death of 'Sarah', and the annual report of the Surrey Safeguarding Children Partnership ¹.

Surrey Safeguarding Children Partnership Annual Report

The committee will be presented with the Surrey Safeguarding Children Partnership's (SSCP) annual report. The report is intended to provide assurance to the council and the public regarding the effectiveness of safeguarding arrangements for children and young people in Surrey.

The report will cover the work of the SSCP, including:

• The findings of local child safeguarding practice reviews.
• The implementation of recommendations from national child safeguarding practice reviews.
• The quality of multi-agency working to safeguard children.
• The effectiveness of training and development for professionals working with children.
• The impact of safeguarding arrangements on outcomes for children.

'Sarah' Serious Case Review

The committee is scheduled to discuss a report regarding a Serious Case Review (SCR) that was commissioned following the death of a child referred to as 'Sarah'. The report is titled SS-CSPR-SSCP-Report-for-publication-13.11.25 and is available on the council website.

Serious Case Reviews are multi-agency reviews of cases in which a child has died or been seriously harmed, and abuse or neglect is suspected to be a factor. The purpose of SCRs is to identify lessons that can be learned from the case to improve safeguarding practice and prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.

The report is scheduled to be presented to the committee by Independent Reviewer, Mrs Julie Oldroyd and Mr Alex Tear, the author of the report.