This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council on behalf of the DfE for the attention of all schools.
Serious incident notifications
The Department for Education has released data on the number of serious incident notifications involving children made by local authorities in England between 2019 and 31 March 2025. Key findings include: 338 serious incident notifications were made between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025, down from 405 in 2023-24. 162 notifications were related to child deaths and 167 notifications were related to serious harm.
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