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Child protection policies: examples and checklist

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Last updated on 24 November 2016
Statutory/mandatory for: Maintained schools Academies Free schools Independent schools Sixth-form colleges Further education Pupil referral units Non-maintained special schools What does this mean?
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Are there examples of child protection policies? This article links to a model child protection policy, as well as recently updated child protection and safeguarding policies from good and outstanding schools. It also features a downloadable KeyDoc child protection policy checklist.

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Contents

  1. 1 Child protection and safeguarding policies
  2. 2 Child protection policy from an LA
  3. 3 Child protection policies from primary schools
  4. 4 Child protection policies from secondary schools
  5. 5 Child protection policy from an all-through independent school
  6. 6 Child protection policies from special schools

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