Safeguarding statutory guidance

Meet safeguarding responsibilities and stay up to date with legislation with this list of resources: from summaries of the current guidance to advice on best practice.

Child protection and safeguarding model policy
Use our template to write a safeguarding policy for your school that includes all of the information required by statutory guidance

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Medical conditions model policy
Use this template to help create a school policy for supporting pupils with medical conditions

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KCSIE 2020: important changes to note
There are some significant changes to KCSIE 2020 which DSLs need to understand and incorporate in training for staff. Luke Ramsden highlights four areas for attention
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Safer recruitment during COVID-19
Dai Durbridge provides a confirmation letter to detail that safer recruitment checks for staff attending your school from elsewhere have been carried out
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Record keeping for child protection files
Good record keeping is essential to keep files secure, up to date and to protect pupils. Follow this best practice for keeping, storing and destroying safeguarding files
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Children missing education: guidance for schools
When a child goes missing from education, the consequences can be devastating. Which children are most at risk, what are the safeguarding implications and what should schools do?
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Confiscating and examining a pupil's mobile phone
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KCSIE 2018: the main changes booklet
Share this booklet with staff as a reminder of the main changes to the safeguarding statutory guidance 'Keeping children safe in education'
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Using reasonable force in schools: who, what, when and why
Schools have the power to use reasonable force or control, but only in certain circumstances. Dai Durbridge explains how you can develop a robust procedure
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Do schools need a separate policy on the use of reasonable force?
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Safeguarding statutory guidance

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