Policy for Safeguarding Children
Rationale
This school gives the highest importance to the safeguarding and welfare of children.
The governors, headteacher and staff will carry out their responsibilities efficiently,
effectively and diligently to ensue that this school is a safe learning environment for
children.
Aims
1. To create a learning environment for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of
children.
2. To put into place recruitment procedures that safeguards and promotes the
welfare of children.
3. To make efficient arrangements for checks on new staff and volunteers
4. To ensure that others who employ or supply staff have efficient arrangements
for checks on staff.
5. To verify the authenticity of the qualifications of staff
6. To check and verify the identity of staff
Broad Guidelines
1. All staff and volunteers will as appropriate, be checked with the Criminal
Records Bureau;
2. All staff and volunteers will as appropriate, will be checked with the lists
maintained by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), for
example List 99;
3. Candidates must confirm identity through official documents;
4. When employing supply teachers or teachers from abroad they must have been
checked;
5. We will record the date, timing or reference of the check in an orderly and
accessible way;
6. Once staff are in place we will keep simple records that:
o Note against the name of each staff member whether they are who they
say they are,
o Whether they have the qualifications that they say they do.
o Whether they have a criminal record, and when these things were last
checked and by whom.
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know that the local authority has carried out those checks and record
the date, timing or reference of the check in an orderly and accessible
way.
Conclusion
This policy puts into place all of the recommendations of ‘Safeguarding Children’ June
2006 Ref HMI 2467
Related School Policies
The Governors of the school will rregularly review and ratify all policies that relate to
Safeguarding and Welfare, namely all policies relating to staffing and conduct and all
policies relating to the specific provision for those children identified as vulnerable. In
addition Governors will annually review the impact of their approved policies towards
maintaining a safe and secure environment where children feel valued, respected and
cared for. All school staff will regularly be made aware of school procedures and any
amendments to protocols. Latest information will be displayed on a Safeguarding
noticeboard in the staffroom. Issues of Safeguarding and Welfare will be raised at
staff meetings, through individual CPD plans, as part of the school’s INSET programme,
at Senior Leadership and Key Stage team meetings and through individual and group
meetings with Governors.
Attached to this statement if a template of Key Personnel as they relate to
Safeguarding and Welfare. This is not an exhaustive list and will be added to as the
need arises.
Submitted to Governing Body and ratified: 27th January 2010.
This statement of policy is subject to an annual review.