Guidance on the performance of the local authority designated officer role will be issued for consultation in 2025, the education secretary has confirmed. The news came in a letter from Bridget ...

The government will review the local authority designated officer (LADO) ... Education secretary Gillian Keegan announced the review in a statement to Parliament after the Child Safeguarding Practice ...

The statement outlined various child safeguarding referrals to the council's Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO), Ray Said, including the SFX incident which was raised in 2019.

A multi-agency meeting took place earlier this year to discuss the allegations and was attended by the Pony Club, police, Shropshire Safeguarding and the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO ...

What is the LADO’s role? To coordinate the safeguarding and investigative process in response to allegations made against people working with children.

A team of Sheffield council staff who work on safeguarding around adults who work with children have been described as “rottweilers” by their boss. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to ...

An investigation has been launched following reports a teacher allegedly assaulted a child. The incident is said to have ...

The latest report, by an expert safeguarding panel, examined how the system failed to protect children in the company's care. It found Ofsted received 108 reports of serious incidents at the homes ...