Statutory guidance

Special guardianship guidance

Statutory guidance on the special guardianship services local authorities need to provide in accordance with the Children Act 1989.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 30 December 2005
• Last updated: 26 January 2017
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  1. 26 January 2017

     Updated document to include more information on support for special guardians.

  2. 29 February 2016

     Updated statutory guidance for local authorities on special guardianship order application court reports. This follows updates to the Special Guardianship Regulations 2005.

  3. 30 December 2005

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Special guardianship guidance

Ref: DFE-00054-2016

PDF, 265 KB, 30 pages

Details

This guidance is for local authorities.

It outlines the special guardianship support services that local authorities must provide.

You should read this guidance along with:

• The Special Guardianship Regulations 2005
  • The Special Guardianship (Amendment) Regulations 2016
• the Children Act 1989
• the Adoption and Children Act 2002

Statutory guidance is issued by law. You must follow it unless there’s a good reason not to.