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Safeguarding
- Childcare disqualification requirements Understand childcare disqualification, who it applies to and what your school's responsibilities are.
- From September: how to monitor safeguarding As a chair or safeguarding link governor, be clear on how to go about monitoring safeguarding as your school reopens to all pupils in autumn, so you’re assured that pupils are being kept safe in all areas of your school's provision.
- Governors' role in monitoring the single central record Learn what belongs on your school's single central record (SCR), your role in monitoring its compliance with safeguarding requirements and when you should – and shouldn't – check the SCR yourself.
- Keeping Children Safe in Education: changes from September 2020 A new version of Keeping Children Safe in Education came into force on 1 September. Find out what's changed and what your governing board needs to do.
- Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE): summary Read our summary to find out about the main points in Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2020, and to know where to look for information on specific areas of safeguarding contained in the statutory guidance.
- Monitoring safeguarding provision: checklist Your board must make sure that your school has effective safeguarding policies and procedures in place. Use our checklist to help you monitor your school's safeguarding practice.
- Ofsted’s knife crime research: summary Read our summary of Ofsted’s research into safeguarding children from knife crime, and what schools can do about it.
- Online safety: governors' role Understand your role in keeping pupils safe online. Ask the right questions when monitoring your school's internet policies and practices.
- Questions to ask about safeguarding Know what to ask your designated safeguarding lead (DSL) and what to look for in their answers so you can make sure your school's safeguarding provisions are working well. Plus, see questions you can use to respond to incidents.
- Safeguarding report to the governing board As governors, you need to stay updated on safeguarding matters. Know what to expect from a safeguarding report and what you should do with it.
- Safeguarding responsibilities Read our 1-page summary of your board's role in keeping children safe in your school, and the duties of your safeguarding governor. Download a copy to share with your colleagues.
- Sexual violence and sexual harassment between children: summary Read our summary of the updated peer-on-peer abuse advice from the DfE and download our model policy which covers sexual harassment and sexual violence between children.
- The Prevent duty Save time by reading our summary of your responsibilities under the Prevent duty in just one page. Download a copy to share with your colleagues.
- The Prevent duty: governors' role Understand what your board needs to do to make sure your school complies with the Prevent duty. Use our audit tool to help you monitor compliance.
- The Prevent duty: schools' responsibilities Be clear on your school's responsibilities under the Prevent duty so you know what to look out for when you're monitoring compliance.