Policies, procedures & guidance

Updated policies, procedures & guidance for Sheffield education settings are currently being added to this page and will be completed in September 2018. This includes some new documents, please ensure you read and implement them in your setting as appropriate.

Designated Safeguarding Leads and Deputies will receive an email outlining any changes that have been made to the documents, in line with the recently updated  DfE guidance 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' and 'Working together to keep children safe'.

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 and Procedures 2018-19 (not a complete list):

• A Safeguarding Children Policy Front Sheet, Sept 18

• Adult Safeguarding, Sept 18

• A Good Practice Guide to Safeguarding in Education, Sept 18

• Abuse & Neglect, Sept 18

• Abuse of Trust, Sept 18

• Allegations of Abuse against Staff in Education Settings, Sept 18

• Alternative Education Provision, Sept 18

• Behaviour Guidelines, Sept 18

• Child Sexual Exploitation, Sept 18

• Children Missing From Education, Sept 18

• Conferences, Plans and Core Groups, Sept 18

• Designated Safeguarding Lead & Deputy Role, Sept 18

• Domestic Abuse, Sept 18

• Educational Visits, Sept 18

• Female Genital Mutilation, Sept 18

• First Aid, Sept 18

• Governing Body Safeguarding Role, Sept 18

• How Education Settings Safeguard Children, Sept 18

• Information Sharing, Sept 18

• Medical Conditions & Support, Sept 18

• Mobile Devices, Sept 18

• New Staff, Governors & Volunteers, Sept 18

• One-to-One Working, Sept 18

• Online Safeguarding, Sept 18

• Parental Responsibility, Sept 18

• Peer Abuse, Sept 18

• Personal Care, Sept 18

• Photographs, Videos & other Images, Sept 18

• Preventing Extremism Radicalisation, Sept 18

• Private Fostering, Sept 18

• Pupil Transitions, Sept 18

• Reasonable Force, Sept 18

• Recording & File Transfer, Sept 18

• Referring your safeguarding concerns, Sept 18

• Showers and Changing Rooms, Sept 18

• Special Education Needs and Disability, Sept 18

• Staff Safeguarding Supervision, Nov 17

• Training Pathway - Safeguarding in Education Settings, Sept 18

• Transgender Students, Sept 18

• Transporting Pupils, Sept 18

• Uncollected Children, Sept 18

• Under 5s in Schools, Sept 18

• Vetting, Barring and Recruitment, Sept 18

• Visiting Professionals, Sept 18

• Whistleblowing, Sept 18

• Work and Study Placements, Sept 18

Summary of changes (not yet added):

• Summary of changes to documents for education settings, Sept 18

Full set of policies & procedures (not complete):

• All policies & procedures (part 1,
• All policies & procedures (part 2, 
• All policies & procedures (part 3,
• All policies & procedures (part 4, 
• All policies & procedures (part 5, 
• All policies & procedures (part 6,
• All policies & procedures (part 7,