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inspection advice (HM Govt: 14th January2016)
• Sexual Offences Act 2003 (HM Government: 2003)
• Sexual violence and sexual harassment between children in schools and colleges (DfE:
December 2017)
Specialist Organisation: Barnardo’s, Lucy Faithfull Foundation, NSPCC, Rape Crisis, University of Bedfordshire: Contextual Safeguarding, UK Safer Internet Centre
Support for victims: Anti-Bullying Alliance, MoJ Victim Support, Rape Crisis, The Survivors Trust, Victim Support
Toolkits: Brook, NSPCC, Safeguarding Unit, Farrer and Co. and Carlene Firmin, MBE, University of Bedfordshire
Further information on confidentiality and information sharing: Gillick competency Fraser guidelines, Government information sharing advice, Information Commissioner's Office: Education, NSPCC: Things to know and consider
Further information on sexting: UKCCIS:
sexting advice, London Grid for Learning- collection of advice
• National Minimum Standards for Boarding Schools (Standards 3,6 and 11)
• The Children ACT 1989 guidance and regulations (DfE: Volume 2 June,2015)
• Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006 (February,2015)
• Mental health and behaviour in schools (March, 2015) and Counselling in schools: a blue
print for the future
(March, 2015) What to do if you’re worried a student is being abused (HMG: March, 2015)
• Working Together to Safeguard Children (WTSC) (Inter-agency working) (HM Government:
March, 2015, updated February 2017 to include statutory definition of CSE) which also refers to
non- statutory advice,
• Information sharing (HM Government: March, 2015) along with the Disclosure and Barring
Service (DBS) Code of Conduct
• Prevent’ Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (HM Government: 2015) inclusive of the
Prevent Duty Guidance: for England and Wales (March, 2015) (Prevent). Prevent is supplemented by The Prevent duty: Departmental advice for schools and child care providers (DfE: June, 2015) and The use of social media for on- line radicalisation (July, 2015)
• This policy is consistent with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) Information for all school and colleges (DfE: September, 2016) which incorporates additional statutory guidance,) along with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Code of Conduct.
Available on the Staff Share: Safer Recruitment; Keeping Children Safe in Education. Statutory guidance for schools and college. (DfE: September, 2016); Appendix: Safer Recruitment Flowcharts.
Cooperation with the local authority: We cooperate entirely with any investigation carried out by the local authority, including those involving the LADO, in conjunction with the Police. Our policy is in accordance with the guidance provided in KCSIE (DfE: September, 2016).
Confidentiality: We regard all information relating to individual student or adult protection issues as confidential and we only pass information on to appropriate persons. The school will cooperate with Children’s Services and Police to ensure that all relevant information is shared for the