The Lambeth Safeguarding Children Partnership (LSCP) Annual Report 2025–26 sets out how the LSCP worked collectively to safeguard and promote the welfare of children between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026. It provides an open account of local safeguarding need, partnership activity, learning and impact, alongside an assessment of how effectively local arrangements operated during the year.

The report highlights important progress, including positive inspection outcomes, stronger operational collaboration, strengthened quality assurance and learning arrangements, and the introduction of new policies, guidance and safeguarding resources. It also reflects candidly on areas requiring further development, including consistency of partner engagement, the quality and use of multi-agency intelligence, evidence of impact, disproportionality and the need for children and families to have a stronger influence on partnership decision-making.