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Policies & procedures

19.12.22:

• You will see that this page has undergone major changes with documents moving to new pages to make them easier to access
• It is noted where documents have moved to
• This page will soon be deleted
• Our web documents have been updated in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 and other national and local guidance

In September 2020 Ofsted confirmed that:

When inspecting under the Education Inspection Framework Ofsted Inspectors must follow the “Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills settings” guidance. This does not specify how a school’s safeguarding policies must be written but does specify that these policies “are in place, consistent with government guidance, refer to locally agreed multi-agency safeguarding arrangements and are regularly reviewed.”

The Sheffield Children Safeguarding Partnership and the Safeguarding Children Advisors in QAIS (SCC) ensure that the documents below are accurate and updated annually.  The key pieces of national and local safeguarding children guidance can be found on the right side of this page.

To adopt the documents below: 

• Download the appropriate documents into a folder
• Complete How our Setting Safeguards Students, Sept 22 
• Include your examples of implementing safeguarding in the curriculum and wider activities
• Add related policies, for example: attendance, behaviour, bullying, health and safety, equality and diversity
• Ensure all staff have accessed and understood these documents
• Make this folder available to parents and carers
• Include a link to this section on your school website

Documents 2022-23:

• Abuse and Neglect, Sept 22 now on education 'Safeguarding Fact Sheets' page

• Allegations & concerns about staff & volunteers, Sept 22 now on education 'Guidance' page

• Low Level Concerns about Staff and Volunteers: guidance coming soon

• Alternative Education Provision, Sept 22 now on education 'Guidance' page

• Behaviour Guidance and Positions of Trust, Sept 22 now on education 'Guidance' page

• Bullying, Sept 22 now on education 'Guidance' page

• Child Criminal & Sexual Exploitation, Sept 22 now on education 'Guidance' page

• Child-on-child abuse & risk assessment, Sept 22 now on education 'Toolkit' page

• Designated Safeguarding Lead and Deputy, Sept 22 now on education 'Guidance' page

• Domestic Abuse, Sept 22 now on education 'Safeguarding Fact Sheets' page

• Early Help, Sept 22 now on education 'Safeguarding Fact Sheets' page

• Faith and Cultural Abuse, Sept 22 now on education 'Safeguarding Fact Sheets' page

• First Aid and Medical Conditions, Sept 22 now on education 'Guidance' page

• Governing Body Role, Sept 22 now on education 'Guidance' page

• Information Sharing, Sept 22 now on education 'Guidance' page

• Mental Ill-health, Sept 22 now on education 'Safeguarding Fact Sheets' page

• Missing from Education, Home or Care, Sept 22 now on education 'Guidance' page

• Online Safety & Risk Assessment, Sept 22 now on education 'Toolkit' page

• Photographs, Videos and Images, Sept 22 now on education 'Guidance' page

• Preventing Extremism and Radicalisation, Sept 22 now on education 'Guidance' page

• Private Fostering & Host Families, Sept 22 now on education 'Guidance' page

• Pupil Transitions, Sept 22 now on education 'Safeguarding Fact Sheets' page

• Reasonable Force, Searching & Screening, Sept 22 now on education 'Guidance' page

• Referring your Safeguarding Concerns, Sept 22 now on education 'Guidance' page

• Secure Storage of Safeguarding Files & Access Requests, Sept 22 now on education 'Guidance' page

• Safer Recruitment, Sept 22 now on education 'Guidance' page

• Sexualised Behaviour, Sept 22 now on education 'Safeguarding Fact Sheets' page

• Special Educational Needs & Disability, Sept 22 now on education 'Guidance' page

• Staff Safeguarding Supervision, Sept 22 now on education 'Safeguarding Fact Sheets' page

• Substance Misuse, Sept 22 now on education 'Safeguarding Fact Sheets' page

• Training Pathway - Safeguarding in Education Settings, Sept 22 now on education 'Toolkit' page

• Under 5s in Schools, Sept 22 now on education 'Guidance' page

• Whistleblowing, Sept 22 now on education 'Guidance' page

Summary of document changes:

• Summary of document changes (awaiting update)

One-print option:

•  The organisation of the documents on this page and is changing soon, therefore a 'one-print' option is not currently available