| 0. Section 1 - General - Contents | 1 |
| 1. Site Opening and Daily Times | 2 |
| 2. PD Days 2021 2022 | 3 |
| 2. Term and Holiday Dates 2021-2022 | 4 |
| 3. Site Plan | 5 |
| 4. GB Committee Membership 2021-2022 | 6 |
| 5. Regents Park Community College Staff | 7 |
| 6. Staff Absence Procedures | 11 |
| 7. Employees Code of Conduct for Support Staff | 14 |
| 8. Equalities Statement | 21 |
| 9. General Responsibilities of Staff Members | 26 |
| 10. Whistleblowing (Duty to Act) Policy | 28 |
| 11. Security of Personal Items | 34 |
| 12. Borrowing & Hiring of School Equipment | 35 |
| 13. Staff Recreation Facilities - Conditions of Use + Form | 36 |
| 13. Staff Recreation Facilities | 38 |
| 14. School Communication Procedure | 39 |
| 15. Midas Drivers 2021 | 42 |
| 16. Keeping Children Safe in Education 2021 | 43 |
| Summary | 46 |
| What is the status of this guidance | 46 |
| About this guidance | 46 |
| Who is this guidance for? | 47 |
| School and college staff | 47 |
| What does this guidance replace? | 48 |
| Part one: Safeguarding information for all staff | 49 |
| What school and college staff should know and do | 49 |
| A child centred and coordinated approach to safeguarding | 49 |
| The role of school and college staff | 49 |
| What school and college staff need to know | 50 |
| What school and college staff should look out for | 51 |
| Early help | 51 |
| Abuse and neglect | 52 |
| Indicators of abuse and neglect | 53 |
| Safeguarding issues | 54 |
| Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) and Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) | 54 |
| Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) | 55 |
| Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) | 55 |
| Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) | 56 |
| Mental Health | 56 |
| Peer on peer abuse (child on child) | 57 |
| Serious violence | 58 |
| Additional information and support | 59 |
| What school and college staff should do if they have concerns about a child | 59 |
| Early help | 60 |
| Statutory children’s social care assessments and services | 60 |
| Children in need | 61 |
| Children suffering or likely to suffer significant harm: | 61 |
| What will the local authority do? | 61 |
| Record keeping | 62 |
| Why is all of this important? | 62 |
| What school and college staff should do if they have safeguarding concerns about another staff member | 63 |
| What school or college staff should do if they have concerns about safeguarding practices within the school or college | 63 |
| Actions where there are concerns about a child | 65 |
| Part two: The management of safeguarding | 66 |
| The responsibility of governing bodies, proprietors and management committees | 66 |
| Legislation and the law | 66 |
| Whole school and college approach to safeguarding | 66 |
| Safeguarding policies and procedures | 67 |
| The designated safeguarding lead | 69 |
| Multi-agency working | 69 |
| Information sharing | 71 |
| Staff training | 73 |
| Opportunities to teach safeguarding | 74 |
| Online safety | 75 |
| Online safety policy | 75 |
| Remote learning | 76 |
| Filters and monitoring | 76 |
| Information security and access management | 77 |
| Reviewing online safety | 77 |
| Information and support | 77 |
| Inspection | 77 |
| What school and college staff should do if they have a safeguarding concern or an allegation is made about another staff member | 78 |
| Peer on peer /child on child abuse | 78 |
| Boarding schools, residential special schools, residential colleges and children’s homes | 80 |
| The use of ‘reasonable force’ in schools and colleges | 81 |
| Use of school or college premises for non-school/college activities | 82 |
| Alternative provision | 82 |
| Children potentially at greater risk of harm | 83 |
| Children who need a social worker (Child in Need and Child Protection Plans) | 83 |
| Children missing from education | 83 |
| Elective Home Education (EHE) | 84 |
| Children requiring mental health support | 84 |
| Looked after children and previously looked after children | 86 |
| The designated teacher | 86 |
| Virtual school heads | 87 |
| Care leavers | 88 |
| Children with special educational needs and disabilities or physical health issues | 88 |
| Part three: Safer recruitment | 89 |
| i. Recruitment and selection process | 89 |
| Advert | 90 |
| Application forms | 90 |
| Shortlisting | 91 |
| Employment history and references | 92 |
| Selection | 93 |
| ii. Pre-appointment vetting checks, regulated activity and recording information | 94 |
| Applicant moving from previous post | 96 |
| Regulated activity | 97 |
| Types of DBS checks | 99 |
| Considering which type of check is required | 100 |
| DBS Update Service | 103 |
| Prohibitions, directions, sanctions and restrictions | 104 |
| Secretary of State teacher prohibition, and interim prohibition orders71F 72F | 104 |
| Historic General Teaching Council for England (GTCE) sanctions and restrictions | 104 |
| Secretary of State section 128 direction | 105 |
| How to check TRA, Teacher Employer Access service for prohibitions, directions, sanctions and restrictions | 106 |
| European Economic Area (EEA) regulating authority teacher sanctions or restrictions | 106 |
| Childcare disqualification | 106 |
| Recording information | 107 |
| Single central record | 107 |
| Non statutory information | 108 |
| Multi Academy Trusts (MATS) | 109 |
| Retention of documents | 109 |
| iii. Other checks that may be necessary for staff, volunteers and others, including the responsibilities on schools and colleges for children in other settings | 109 |
| Individuals who have lived or worked outside the UK | 110 |
| Agency and third party staff (supply staff) | 111 |
| Contractors | 112 |
| Trainee/student teachers | 113 |
| Visitors | 113 |
| Volunteers | 114 |
| When should a DBS with barred list be obtained for volunteers? | 114 |
| Supervision of volunteers | 115 |
| Existing volunteers | 115 |
| Maintained school governors | 115 |
| Sixth form college governors | 116 |
| Proprietors of independent schools, including academies and free schools and proprietors of alternative provision academies99F | 116 |
| Alternative provision | 118 |
| Adults who supervise children on work experience | 118 |
| Children staying with host families (homestay) | 119 |
| Private fostering - LA notification when identified | 119 |
| iv. How to ensure the ongoing safeguarding of children and the legal reporting duties on employers | 120 |
| Ongoing vigilance | 120 |
| Existing staff | 120 |
| Duty to refer to the Disclosure and Barring Service | 121 |
| Duty to consider referral to the Teaching Regulation Agency | 122 |
| Part four: Allegations made against/Concerns raised in relation to teachers, including supply teachers, other staff, volunteers and contractors | 123 |
| Section one: Allegations that may meet the harms threshold | 123 |
| The initial response to an allegation | 124 |
| No further action | 125 |
| Further enquiries | 126 |
| Supply teachers and all contracted staff | 126 |
| Governors | 127 |
| Suspension | 127 |
| Supporting those involved | 129 |
| Duty of care | 129 |
| Confidentiality and Information sharing | 130 |
| Allegation outcomes | 132 |
| Following a criminal investigation or a prosecution | 133 |
| Unsubstantiated, unfounded, false or malicious allegations | 133 |
| Returning to work | 133 |
| Managing the situation and exit arrangements | 134 |
| Resignations and ‘settlement agreements’ | 134 |
| Record keeping | 135 |
| References | 136 |
| Learning lessons | 136 |
| Non recent allegations | 136 |
| Further information | 136 |
| Section Two: Concerns that do not meet the harm threshold | 136 |
| Low level concerns | 137 |
| What is a low level concern? | 137 |
| Staff code of conduct and safeguarding policies | 138 |
| Sharing low-level concerns | 138 |
| Recording low-level concerns | 139 |
| References | 139 |
| Responding to low-level concerns | 140 |
| Part five: Child on child sexual violence and sexual harassment | 141 |
| Responding to reports of sexual violence and sexual harassment | 142 |
| The immediate response to a report | 143 |
| Responding to the report | 143 |
| Risk assessment | 145 |
| Action following a report of sexual violence and/or sexual harassment | 145 |
| What to consider | 145 |
| Options to manage the report | 147 |
| 1. Manage internally | 148 |
| 2. Early help | 148 |
| 3. Referrals to children’s social care | 149 |
| 4. Reporting to the Police | 150 |
| Considering bail conditions | 151 |
| Managing any delays in the criminal process | 151 |
| The end of the criminal process | 152 |
| Unsubstantiated, unfounded, false or malicious reports | 152 |
| Ongoing response | 153 |
| Safeguarding and supporting the victim | 153 |
| Safeguarding and supporting the alleged perpetrator(s) and children and young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour | 157 |
| Annex A: Safeguarding information for school and college staff | 160 |
| The role of school and college staff | 160 |
| What school and college staff need to know | 160 |
| All staff should: | 160 |
| What school and college staff should look out for | 161 |
| Abuse and neglect | 161 |
| Forms of abuse and neglect | 161 |
| Safeguarding issues | 162 |
| Peer on peer abuse | 162 |
| What school and college staff should do if they have concerns about a child | 163 |
| Why is all of this important? | 163 |
| What school and college staff should do if they have safeguarding concerns about another staff member who may pose a risk of harm to children | 164 |
| What school or college staff should do if they have concerns about safeguarding practices within the school or college | 164 |
| Annex B: Further information | 165 |
| Table of Contents | 165 |
| Child abduction and community safety incidents | 166 |
| Children and the court system | 166 |
| Children missing from education | 166 |
| Children with family members in prison | 167 |
| Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) | 167 |
| County lines | 168 |
| Modern Slavery and the National Referral Mechanism | 169 |
| Cybercrime | 169 |
| Domestic abuse | 170 |
| Operation Encompass | 171 |
| National Domestic Abuse Helpline | 171 |
| Homelessness | 172 |
| So-called ‘honour’-based abuse (including Female Genital Mutilation and Forced Marriage) | 172 |
| Actions | 173 |
| FGM | 173 |
| FGM mandatory reporting duty for teachers | 173 |
| Forced marriage | 174 |
| Preventing radicalisation | 174 |
| The Prevent duty | 175 |
| Channel | 176 |
| Additional support | 176 |
| Peer on peer/ child on child abuse | 177 |
| Sexual violence and sexual harassment between children in schools and colleges | 177 |
| Context | 177 |
| What is sexual violence and sexual harassment? | 178 |
| Sexual violence | 178 |
| Sexual harassment | 180 |
| Upskirting141F | 181 |
| The response to a report of sexual violence or sexual harassment | 181 |
| Toolkits | 181 |
| Additional advice and support | 182 |
| Abuse | 182 |
| Bullying | 182 |
| Children missing from education, home or care | 182 |
| Children with family members in prison | 182 |
| Child Exploitation | 183 |
| Drugs | 183 |
| (so called) “Honour Based Abuse” including FGM and forced marriage | 183 |
| Health and Well-being | 183 |
| Homelessness | 183 |
| Private fostering | 183 |
| Radicalisation | 183 |
| Violence | 184 |
| Annex C: Role of the designated safeguarding lead | 185 |
| Deputy designated safeguarding leads | 185 |
| Availability | 185 |
| Manage referrals | 186 |
| Working with others | 186 |
| Information sharing and managing the child protection file | 187 |
| Raising Awareness | 188 |
| Training, knowledge and skills | 189 |
| Providing support to staff | 190 |
| Understanding the views of children | 190 |
| Holding and sharing information | 191 |
| Annex D: Online Safety | 192 |
| Information and support | 192 |
| Advice for governing bodies/proprietors and senior leaders | 192 |
| Remote education, virtual lessons and live streaming | 193 |
| Support for children | 193 |
| Parental support | 193 |
| Annex E: Host families - homestay during exchange visits | 195 |
| School/college arranged homestay – suitability of adults in UK host families | 195 |
| Homestay – suitability of adults in host families abroad | 196 |
| During the visit | 197 |
| Additional action for extended homestays | 197 |
| Annex F: Statutory guidance - Regulated activity (children) - Supervision of activity with children which is regulated activity when unsupervised | 198 |
| Examples | 199 |
| Volunteer, in a specified place | 199 |
| Volunteer, not in a specified place | 199 |
| Employee, not in a specified place | 199 |
| Annex G: Table of substantive changes from September 2021 | 201 |
| 17. Leave Protocol | 208 |