Members of the Inter-agency Group, which includes representatives from the voluntary and public sectors, say they are still concerned that the duty does not apply to these professionals, who have a key role in improving the wellbeing of children.
Caroline Abrahams, NCH's director of public policy, said: "It seems a strange anomaly that schools are not included. They have a huge role to play in this agenda and it should be a win-win situation for them."
The call follows comments by the chief inspector of schools, David Bell, that placing a legal duty on schools to co-operate would "not make very much difference about what they did or did not do" (Children Now, 30 March-5 April).
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