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Policies & procedures

For 2020-21 we have made some changes to the way we publish our safeguarding policies & procedures templates:

• We have combined similar documents to reduce the total number of policies
• We have created a ‘guidance’ page for useful good practice guidance
• All new documents are in a format accessible to people who use screen readers 
• We have added the changes from Keeping Children Safe in Education, DfE 2020 and other national and local guidance

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 How our education setting safeguards students, Sept 20A (previously 'Safeguarding Front Sheet') 
• 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 and Procedures 2020-21: 

• Abuse & Neglect, Sept 20A

• Abuse linked to faith & cultural practice, Sept 20A

• Allegations of Abuse against Staff & Volunteers in Education Settings, Sept 20A

• Alternative Education Provision, Sept 20A

• Behaviour Guidance & Positions of Trust, Sept 20

• Bullying, Sept 20A

• Child Criminal & Sexual Exploitation, Sept 20A

• Children missing from education, home or care, Sept 20A

• Designated Safeguarding Lead & Deputy Role, Sept 20A

• Domestic Abuse, Sept 20A

• Early Help, Sept 20A

• First aid & medical conditions, Sept 20A

• Governing Body Role, Sept 20A

• Information Sharing, Sept 20A

• Mental Ill-Health, Sept 20A

• Online Safety, Sept 20A

• Peer abuse & assessment, Sept 20A

• Photographs, video's & images, Sept 20A

• Preventing extremism & radicalisation, Sept 20A

• Private fostering & host families, Sept 20A

• Pupil Transitions, Sept 20A

• Reasonable force, searching & screening, Sept 20A

• Referring your safeguarding concerns, Sept 20A

• Safeguarding files & access requests, Sept 20A

• Safer Recruitment, Sept 20A

• Sexualised behaviour, Sept 20A

• Special Education Needs & Disability (SEND), Sept 20A

• Staff Safeguarding Supervision, Sept 20A

• Substance misuse, Sept 20A

• Training Pathway - Safeguarding in Education Settings, Sept 20A

• Under 5's in Schools, Sept 20A

• Whistleblowing, Sept 20A

Summary of changes:

• Updates to Sheffield education settings policies and procedures, 20-21

Full set of policies & procedures for easy download: 

• Downloadable policy set, A-O, Sept 20A

• Downloadable policy set, P-Z, Sept 20A