Policies, procedures & guidance

The policies, procedures & guidance below for Sheffield education settings have now been updated in line with 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' 2019, 'Working together to keep children safe' 2018 and local Sheffield Children Safeguarding Partnership (SCSP) requirements.

Ofsted have confirmed that Sheffield education settings can adopt the safeguarding policies below which together make a safeguarding or child protection policy for your setting. The Local Authority is responsible for ensuring that they 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.

The setting should:

• Download the appropriate documents into a folder
• Complete the document 'A Safeguarding Children Policy Frontsheet' in the Toolkit
• 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 policies
• Make this folder available to parents and carers
• Include a link to this section on your school website

Policies, Procedures & Guidance 2019-20: 

• A Good Practice Guide to Safeguarding in Education, Sept 19

• Abuse & Neglect, Sept 19

• Abuse of Trust, Sept 19

• Adult Safeguarding, Sept 19

• Allegations of Abuse against Staff in Education Settings, Sept 19

• Alternative Education Provision, Sept 19

• Behaviour Guidelines, Sept 19

• Child Criminal Exploitation, Jan 20 *new*

• Child Safeguarding File, Sept 19

• Child Sexual Exploitation, Sept 19

• Children Missing From Education, Sept 19

• Conferences, Plans and Core Groups, Sept 19

• Designated Safeguarding Lead & Deputy Role, Sept 19

• Domestic Abuse, Sept 19

• Educational Visits, Sept 19

• Female Genital Mutilation, Sept 19

• First Aid, Sept 19

• Governing Body Safeguarding Role, Sept 19

• How Education Settings Safeguard Children, Sept 19

• Information Sharing, Sept 19

• Medical Conditions & Support, Sept 19

• Mobile Devices, Sept 19

• New Staff, Governors & Volunteers, Sept 19

• One-to-One Working, Sept 19

• Online Safety, Sept 19

• Parental Responsibility, Jan 2020 *updated*

• Peer Abuse, Sept 19

• Peer Abuse Risk Assessment and Safety Planning, Dec 19 *new*

• Personal Care, Sept 19

• Photographs, Videos & other Images, Sept 19

• Preventing Extremism Radicalisation, Sept 19 

• Private Fostering, Sept 19

• Pupil Transitions, Sept 19

• Reasonable Force, Sept 19

• Referring your safeguarding concerns, Sept 19

• Sexualised Behaviour, Sept 19

• Showers and Changing Rooms, Sept 19

• Special Education Needs and Disability, Sept 19

• Staff Safeguarding Supervision, Sept 19

• Training Pathway - Safeguarding, Sept 19

• Transgender Students, Jan 20 *updated*

• Transporting Pupils, Sept 19

• Uncollected Children, Sept 19

• Under 5's in Schools, Sept 19

• Vetting, Barring and Recruitment, Sept 19

• Visiting Professionals, Sept 19

• Whistleblowing, Sept 19

• Work and Study Placements, Sept 19

Summary of changes:

• Summary of document updates (education settings), Sept 19

Full set of policies & procedures to make downloading easier!:

• All policies & procedures, A-D, Sept 19 *not yet updated with the new Child Criminal Exploitation policy*

• All policies & procedures, D-O, Sept 19

• All policies & procedures, O-R, Jan 20 *updated*

• All policies & procedures, R-U, Dec 19 *updated*

• All policies & procedures, V-Z, Sept 19