The move is part of the government's response to Lord Laming's review of child protection, which heavily criticised the quality of serious case reviews after the death of Baby P.
The revised guidance will form part of the government document Working Together to Safeguard Children, and will assist local safeguarding children boards to carry out serious case reviews in a more consistent and effective way.
It will explain that the primary purpose of a serious case review is to learn lessons for practice. It will also suggest that the timescale for completing a review is extended from four to six months.
Morgan said that serious case reviews are a critically important part of child protection arrangements, because they improve policy, professional practice and inter-agency working.
She said: "There is evidence that steps can be taken to improve the quality, consistency and overall impact of serious case reviews. Sadly, there will always be situations where nothing could have been done to prevent the death of a young person but it is our first duty in government and as a society to make sure we are doing all we can to keep our children safe."
The government also plans to revise the remainder of the Working Together to Safeguard Children document. A further consultation will be published later this year.
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