Keeping children safe

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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.) […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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