Children's and Education Service
Lancashire Children and Young People's Plan 2024-2028
Our vision and priorities to ensure that children and young people are safe, healthy, happy, develop skills for life.
Lancashire Alternative Provision Strategy 2023 – 2026
Our vision, approach and delivery of alternative provision.
Lancashire Education Strategy 2022-2025
Our vision and priorities for education in Lancashire.
Lancashire Multi-Agency Neglect Strategy 2022–2024
An overarching view of the response to neglect in Lancashire.
Children and Young People’s Participation Strategy
How we will make sure that children and young people are actively involved, listened to and able to influence the decisions that affect them.
Consultation on school admission policies
Find out if any changes are proposed for the schools and sixth forms in your area and how to comment on the changes.
School transport policies
Policy for providing free home to school transport and post 16 transport to education and training policy statement.
Fair access protocols
The principles by which children without a school place are found one as quickly as possible.
School place provision strategy
Strategy for the provision of school places.
Corporate Parenting Strategy 2022 – 2026
Our ambition to ensure the children we look after as corporate parents have what they need to live the happy and fulfilling life they deserve.
Sharing the Costs Policy
Charging policy for children looked after and cared for in residential placements under section 20 of the children act 1989. (PDF 475 KB)
Family and friends care policy
Information about local services and policies to help family and friends carers (PDF 115 KB)
Adoption Lancashire & Blackpool - Statement of purpose
Aims and objectives of the adoption service (external link to Adoption Lancashire & Blackpool website)
Fostering statement of purpose 2023-26
Aims and objectives of the fostering service (PDF 849 KB)
Children looked after sufficiency strategy 2021 to 2024
Updated April 2023. How we intend to meet the sufficiency duty for the children we look after, improve the quality and choice of placements and minimise the likelihood of suitable placements not being available locally (PDF 716 KB)
Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Strategy and funding
Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) strategies and commissioning arrangements.