Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy 2020-21
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Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy 2020-21 Last Reviewed November 2019 Next Review Date September 2021 Ratified by the Trustee Board September 2020 Date Shared with Staff September 2020 Contents 1. AIMS ............................................................................................................................... 6 2. LEGISLATION AND GUIDANCE ........................................................................................ 6 3. DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................... 7 4. EQUALITY STATEMENT ................................................................................................... 7 5. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ........................................................................................ 8 6 CONFIDENTIALITY AND INFORMATION SHARING ........................................................ 14 7 OUR ROLE IN THE PREVENTION OF ABUSE .................................................................. 16 8 OUR ROLE IN SUPPORTING CHILDREN ......................................................................... 16 9 CHILDREN MISSING FROM EDUCATION ....................................................................... 20 10 A SAFER SCHOOL CULTURE .......................................................................................... 22 11 CHILD PROTECTION RECORDS ...................................................................................... 25 12 SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PUPILS IN TRANSITION ................................. 29 APPENDIX 1: DEFINITIONS AND INDICATORS OF ABUSE ................................................................... 30 APPENDIX 2 RESPONDING TO CHILDREN WHO REPORT ABUSE. ..................................................... 34 APPENDIX 3 CHRONOLOGY OF KEY EVENTS ..................................................................................... 35 APPENDIX 4 CAUSE FOR CONCERN FORM ........................................................................................ 36 APPENDIX 5 STUDENT SUPPORT PLAN ............................................................................................. 37 APPENDIX 6 VISITORS SAFEGUARDING INFORMATION ................................................................... 38 APPENDIX 7 RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION CHECKLIST ................................................................. 39 APPENDIX 8 CHILD EXPLOITATION RESPONSE CHECKLIST................................................................ 40 APPENDIX 9 HARMFUL SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR RESPONSE CHECKLIST ................................................ 41 APPENDIX 10 RADICALISATION RESPONSE CHECKLIST ....................................................................... 42 APPENDIX 11 MISSING FROM SCHOOL RESPONSE CHECKLIST ........................................................... 43 APPENDIX 12 FE SAFEGUARDING INFORMATION SHARING FORM .................................................... 44 APPENDIX 13 LADO NOTIFICATION FORM ......................................................................................... 48 APPENDIX 14 PREVENT REFERRAL FORM ........................................................................................... 52 The policy: This Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy is available on the school website, and is reviewed and ratified annually by the board of trustees or as events or legislation requires. Any deficiencies or weaknesses identified will be remedied without delay. Covid-19 Addendum Policy: This policy will run concurrently with the revised May 2020 policy for Covid-19. Staff will need to read both and use both in conjunction alongside the guidance for safer working practice for those working with children and young people in education settings Addendum April 2020. Named staff/personnel with specific responsibility for Safeguarding and Child Protection: Academic Designated Deputy Nominated Chair of year Safeguarding Designated Governor Governors Lead Safeguarding Lead/s 2020-21 Sarah Nowell Katie McFadden Tessa Freer Rosemary Edwards Deputy Assistant Headteacher Headteacher Other staff who are trained DSO’s and are back up: Mike Casey Lee Bennett Zoe Comiskey Oliver Watkins John Strongman Paul Croft Lauren Robinson Emily Gledhill Ben Steele Linda Squire Eileen Story Annabelle Dalton Dylan Coone 3 Child Protection and Safeguarding Advice Contact List Role / Agency Name and role Contact Details Designated Safeguarding Sarah Nowell 0113 226 5454 ext 131 Lead (DSL) [email protected] Deputy DSL Katie McFadden 0113 226 5454 ext 117 [email protected] Other DSLs Mike Casey [email protected] Lee Bennett Zoe Comiskey [email protected] Oliver Watkins John Strongman 0113 2265454 Paul Croft Lauren Robinson Emily Gledhill Ben Steele Linda Squire Eileen Story Annabelle Dalton Dylan Coone Lead Trustee for Tessa Freer Horsforth Children’s Services Safeguarding [email protected] Chair Of Governors Rosemary Edwards [email protected] Designated Teacher for Katie McFadden 0113 226 5454 ext 117 Children who are looked [email protected] after SENDCo Katie McFadden 0113 226 5454 ext 117 [email protected] PSHE / RSE Coordinator Emily Gledhill [email protected] 0113 2265454 Online Safety Coordinator Simon Jackson [email protected] CSWS Duty and Advice / Urgent Child Protection Professionals – 0113 3760336 Front Door Safeguarding concerns / initial referral Members of the public – 0113 2223301 Hub CSWS Emergency Duty Urgent Child Protection 0113 535 0600 Team (out of hours) concerns [email protected] Education Safeguarding Advice / Training / Safeguarding 0113 3789685 Team Audit [email protected] Local Authority Allegations against adults in 0113 3789687 Designated Officer school NSPCC Whistleblowing Allegations against adults in 0800 028 0285 Helpline school Cluster Targeted Services Family Support / Attendance / Tessa Freer Lead Early Help / Pupil Counsellor [email protected] PREVENT Team Prevent training/advice 0113 535 0810 [email protected] 4 Horsforth School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and visitors to share this commitment. All staff refers to all paid adults, volunteers or students on placement, working in any capacity in the school or in activities organised by the school which brings them in to contact with students of the school. Child Protection refers to the multi-agency arrangements to identify and protect children who are, or may be at risk of or suffering significant harm. Safeguarding refers to the protection, safety and promotion of the welfare of all students including when in offsite provision or activities and using ICT. This includes the building of resilience and awareness of risk through the formal and informal curriculum. Child is any pupil under the age of 18. Glossary DSL Designated Safeguarding Lead SENDCo Special Education Needs and Disabilities Coordinator PSHCE Personal, Social, Health, Careers Education SRE Sex and Relationships Education CSWS Children’s’ Social Work Services Visitors to school All visitors must sign in on arrival and collect a visitor’s badge on a lanyard. The lanyard must be visible and worn at all times. Visitors must take time to read the information on the lanyard which outlines Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures in school and how to report and concerns regarding a child/young person or another adult in school. Staff must remain with their visitors at all times. Visitors must not enter school areas unaccompanied. 5 1. Aims 1.1 The school aims to ensure that: Appropriate action is taken in a timely manner to safeguard and promote children’s welfare. All staff are aware of their statutory responsibilities with respect to safeguarding. Staff are properly trained in recognising and reporting safeguarding issues. 1.2 The Governing Board and staff of Horsforth School (herein referred to as “the school”) take as our first priority the responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of our students, to minimise risk and to work together with other agencies to ensure rigorous arrangements are in place within our school to identify, assess and support those children who are suffering harm and to keep them safe and secure whilst in our care. 1.3 The responsibilities set out in this policy apply (as appropriate) to all members of the school community including students, staff, trustees, visitors/contractors, volunteers, supply staff and teacher trainees working within the school. It is fully incorporated into the whole school ethos and is underpinned throughout the teaching of the wider curriculum, within PSHCE, assemblies, the whole school health and safety week and within the safety of the physical environment provided for the students. 2. Legislation and guidance 2.1 This policy is based on the Department for Education’s statutory guidance, Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2020 and Working Together to Safeguard Children (WTTSC 2018) and the Governance Handbook. We comply with this guidance and the procedures set out by our Local Safeguarding Children partnership (LSCP). 2.2 This policy is also based on the following legislation and guidance: Part 3 of the schedule to the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014, which places a duty on academies and independent schools to safeguard and promote the welfare