The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 received Royal Assent on 29 April 2026. It is a Department for Education Act, and it is wide: it makes provision about the safeguarding and welfare of children, about support for children in care or leaving care, about the regulation of care workers, and about the regulation of establishments and agencies under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000.
That last part is us. Children's homes are registered and inspected under that framework, alongside the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015.
We are reading the Act properly rather than reacting to headlines about it. Where it changes what is expected of a provider, that will show up in our Statements of Purpose and in how we train and supervise our teams, and we will say so here when it does.
If you are a social worker and you want to know how a particular change affects a placement you are considering, ask us directly. We would rather answer a specific question than publish a general reassurance.