Education Safeguarding Guidance

Single Central Record Guidance for Schools (PDF, 139 KB)

https://www.safeguardinginschools.co.uk/dfescr - The DfE published an extremely useful webinar about the Single Central Record, presented by Louis Donald. Ofsted inspectors, in their training, have been directed to watch this webinar themselves.

Additional Recruitment Vetting Checks (PDF, 151 KB)

Early Years Attendance Guidance (Word doc, 33 KB)

LB Hillingdon Letter of Assurance to Schools for Council Staff DBS Checks

Working together to safeguard children - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Keeping children safe in education - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

A 10 step guide to sharing information to safeguard children | ICO  - This is a 10 step guide on data protection considerations when sharing personal information for child safeguarding purposes. It aims to help you feel confident about sharing information when you need to safeguard a child at risk of harm.

The OFSTED Update: https://educationinspection.blog.gov.uk/2023/11/09/how-we-inspect-safeguarding-in-schools/

The School Inspection Handbook: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-inspection-handbook-eif/school-inspection-handbook-for-september-2023

The OFSTED Webinar: https://youtu.be/OTJYYNP9AEc?si=q7RRMvBVjuWLouze

OFSTED Webinar Scenarios: https://youtu.be/OTJYYNP9AEc?si=mKQU9tONaizJsYBk&t=2341

barriers-to-professionals-reporting-abuse-neglect-helplines-insight-briefing (PDF, 520 KB)