Professionals

Useful Links

Useful Links- updated February 2022 Keeping Children Safe in Education Working Together to Safeguard Children What to do if you are worried a child is being abused Searching, Screening and Confiscation Use of Reasonable Force Sharing Nudes and Semi-Nudes Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment between children in Schools and Colleges Children Missing Education Female Genital […]

You said, we did for schools and partners (2022 – 2023)

2022-2023 Annual School and Partner Satisfaction Survey Analysis – ‘You said, we did’ (120 Responses) Schools – 98 responses – 100% either very satisfied (78/98) or satisfied (20/98) with the service. Partners –22 responses – 95% either very satisfied (18/22) or satisfied (3/22). 5% neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (1/22). You said – comments taken from the survey […]

You said, we did for schools (2021 – 2022)

You said – comments taken from the survey We did – our response Themes: Training Reflective learning event held in March 2022. SEN preparation for adulthood training available on LSCP website. Event List : Safeguarding Children (LSCP) Currently developing Induction for staff new to Sutton through the Learning and Improvement Sub-group. We could […]

General communication

A weekly bulletin rather than frequent emails – it is easy to miss things when we get such frequent emails whereas if we always had a regular bulletin it would be much easier to keep track of important information and know where to refer back to. We now send out a fortnightly safeguarding briefing. Next […]

Training

Keep a Sutton wide eye out to anticipate need – e.g.: BLM coordinated response to safeguard young people in all Sutton schools. We regularly invite the anti-racism practice lead in Sutton and colleagues from police to our DSL update sessions to provide updates and discuss local risk. We have also been engaging with Stop Hate […]

You said, we did for schools (2020 – 2021)

2020-2021 Annual School Satisfaction Survey Analysis ‘You said, we did’ (84 Responses) You said – comments taken from the survey We did – our response Themes: Training General Communication In summary: We are committed to maintaining the following: I feel supported and I am pleased that there is always someone you can contact if unsure about […]

Others

Attendance related concerns You said: Attendance never reaches threshold for safeguarding until a major incident occurs. We did: This was taken back and discussed with Children’s Social Care. Poor attendance alone isn’t a safeguarding issue and needs to be managed in line with your attendance policy. It is about recording and sharing any other concerns that […]

General communication

You said: A regular bulletin with safeguarding information would be useful. We did: Regular safeguarding briefings have been sent out to DSLs since March. These will continue to for the foreseeable future. Next year, we will be developing a safeguarding newsletter that will be sent out termly. Any contributions from DSLs (examples of good practice, information etc.) […]

Support with individual cases

You said: Advice needed on how to limit the impact of safeguarding concerns on achievement. We did: Flexibility in approach and adapting delivery of lessons to meet need. Specific cases can be discussed by contacting either Hayley Cameron, Education Safeguarding Manager, or Steve Welding, Education E-Safety Adviser. You said: We need more clarity around the status of cases. We are […]

Training

You said: Secondary DSL meetings are too short if visitors are invited along to share information. We did: In the summer term, we asked for feedback from schools regarding the future delivery of meetings. 92% of Secondary DSLs wanted to keep the structure the same. Going forward, we will add some time on to the meetings for […]