The safeguarding of our children and local community is central to the organisation of our school.
There is substantial guidance and legislation relating to the safeguarding of our children and our schools's policies and procedures are written ensuring these are adhered to.
The statutory guidance and legislation are:
DfE guidance - Keeping Children Safe in Education
Primary Legislation - Education Act 2002
Primary Legislation - Children and Families Act 2014
Primary Legislation - Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
Primary Legislation - Equality Act 2010
Primary Legislation - Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
Primary Legislation - Children Act 1989
Primary Legislation - Children Act 2004
DfE guidance - Disqualification Under the Childcare Act 2006
DfE guidance - Working Together to Safeguard Children
Primary Legislation - Sexual Offences Act 2003
Secondary legislation - The Education (Health Standards) England Regulations 2003
Primary Legislation - Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015
DfE guidance - Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment between Children in Schools and Colleges
DfE guidance - The Prevent Duty
DfE guidance - Child Sexual Exploitation
Primary Legislation - Data Protection Act 2018
Primary Legislation - Voyeurism (Offences) Act 2019
Other - Multi-Agency Practice Guidelines: Female Genital Mutilation
DfE guidance - Multi-agency statutory guidance on female genital mutilation
Below you will find links to our school's personalised safeguarding policies and procedures.