Local Safeguarding Children Boards were abolished by section 30 of the Children and Social Work Act 2017, fully in force from 29 September 2020. In their place, the three safeguarding partners have a joint and equal duty to make local arrangements to safeguard children. Working Together 2026 calls these multi-agency safeguarding arrangements (paragraph 40). There is no statutory name for the local body, so areas call it a safeguarding children partnership, a safeguarding partnership, an LSCP or something else. You will still see "LSCB" in older policies; it should be updated.
The partnership publishes the local procedures schools follow, including the threshold document, escalation routes and training expectations, and it may ask schools to complete a safeguarding audit.
A clash of acronyms. Working Together 2026 uses LSP for the lead safeguarding partner: the chief executive of the local authority, the chief executive of the ICB, or the chief officer of police (paragraphs 51 and 52). Each appoints a delegated safeguarding partner, abbreviated DSP (paragraph 60), which is not the same as a designated senior person. Some areas use LSP to mean "local safeguarding partnership". Check which is meant.
Working Together also expects an education representative at strategic discussions (paragraph 81).