Last year the government outlined proposals to remove the so-called "duty to co-operate" on schools, as part of the Education Bill currently passing through parliament.
At the time, the Department for Education (DfE) said the change was part of wider plans to allow teachers and head teachers more freedom to "concentrate on teaching and learning".
But schools minister Lord Hill, child protection expert Lord Laming and Liberal Democrat spokeswoman on children and families Baroness Walmsley have now tabled an amendment to the bill to put an end to the government’s initial plans.
A spokesman for the DfE denied that the amendment constitutes an abandonment of previous policy, arguing that the parliamentary process simply led to the discovery of common ground between ministers and professionals against the original changes.
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