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Secondary Deputy Head review 
Sam Preston - Safeguarding Specialist 
Primary Head Teacher review 
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Jonathan Boyle
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I was so impressed with the audit tool, it was comprehensive and examined such a wide range of
safeguarding topics. The audit measured what we had in place and how integrated our policies, protocols
and practices were.Key Areas
Your safeguarding audit will cover the following important areas.
Safeguarding Policy & Procedures
This section examines all policies, procedures and protocols related to Safeguarding practice. This also includes induction and training processes
SEN/LAC
This section examines safeguarding provision and practice in place for vulnerable children in relation to the revised October 2009 SEN framework.
Recruitment Processes
This section examines Safer Recruitment practice.
Continued Professional Development
This section examines continued professional development and performance management processes including safeguarding training/ monitoring.
Pupil Records
This section examines practice in maintaining secure assessment/monitoring files including measures for electronic data gathering.
Visitors to Schools
This section examines the procedures in place for visitors to schools. It explores vetting, monitoring and recording processes for regular, casual and contracted visitors.
Reporting
This section examines the level of reporting re safeguarding to parents/ carers and governance. This includes general reporting mechanisms together with post Ofsted requirements.
HR Procedures
This section examines policy and procedures in place for managing complaints, grievance and allegations. This includes exploring roles with specific safeguarding duties.
Policies
This section examines the procedures for disseminating policy, procedures and protocols to staff (employed & supply), volunteers and extended service providers. Also included in this section is an audit of general policies with a common thread to Safeguarding e.g. Behaviour, Care & Control, Intimate Care, Anti-Bullying, Medication & Equal Opportunities. Additionally Health & Safety policies are measured. Race Equality is also examined with an audit of policy and action planning, a mandatory requirement.
Health & Safety
This section examines displays and information to support procedures for safe evacuation, child missing/absconding and out of class protocols.
Risk Assessments
This section examines all aspects of risk assessment processes. This includes external and internal site assessments together with specific activity risk assessments. Procedural risk assessments are measured to examine practice. Educational visit risk assessment and measures in place for extended services are also measured.
Curriculum
This section examines the content of the core and enhanced curriculum in relation to Safeguarding.
SRE
This section specifically examines SRE in relation to Government office requirements.
School Development & Planning
This section examines all aspects of school development planning: long, medium and short term; together with schools' SEF.
Extended Service Agreements
This section examines procedures in place to ensure contracted extended service provision meets safeguarding requirements. The focus is on contractual arrangements and adherence to schools' policies/procedures.
Templates & example documents
Safeguarding Auditor includes templates and examples for many policy documents.
Primary version
- Child Protection Policy
- Intimate Care Policy
- Visitors in School Policy
- Education visits policy
- Safeguarding policy
- ICT acceptable use agreement
- Home school agreement
- Risk assessment blank template
- Risk assessment foundation stage
- Risk assessment example (Nursery)
- Sample statement of intent clauses
- Information re use of force to control or restrain
- Pupil parent guarantees DCSF (DfE)
- Right to work in the UK
- Overseas checks - CRB info
- Safer recruitment guidance - DCSF (DfE)
- Guidelines for Medication
- Briefing for section 5 inspectors on safeguarding children
- Progression Guidance 2009-10
Secondary version
- Child Protection Policy
- Intimate Care Policy
- Visitors in School Policy
- Education visits policy
- Safeguarding policy
- ICT acceptable use agreement
- Risk assessment blank template
- Sample statement of intent clauses
- Information re use of force to control or restrain
- Pupil parent guarantees DCSF (DfE)
- Right to work in the UK
- Overseas checks - CRB info
- Safer recruitment guidance - DCSF (DfE)
- Guidelines for Medication
- Briefing for section 5 inspectors on safeguarding children
- Progression Guidance 2009-10
Latest news
Ofsted Section 5 Revised Framework - Meeting the New Requirements
There is no doubt the revised Ofsted Section 5 inspection framework introduced from January significantly raises the bar on what is expected of schools.
The concentration of inspection within four key inspection areas indicates the depth of the new criteria by which schools will now be judged and an overall judgement made. This is certainly evident in the area of Safeguarding.
As confirmed by Maria Dawes, co-author of the revised Ofsted framework, safeguarding remains a main inspection component which will be fully evaluated within the two revised "Leadership and Management" and "Behaviour and Safety" categories.
Ofsted will vary the frequency of school inspections depending on the findings of the school's last inspection however it is important to note that, should the risk assessment of the school's performance indicate there are safeguarding concerns, this will prompt an inspection. This is the case for all schools and academies, even those rated as outstanding and regarded as exempt from the rolling inspection programme.
This is an essential time for schools and academies to consider auditing the full breadth of Safeguarding areas.