New Headteachers Safeguarding Briefing 2018 Dion Page-Hammond Support and Intervention Manager: Safeguarding Standards and Learning Effectiveness Service

Safeguarding Protecting children from harm or maltreatment Preventing impairment of children’s health or development; and Ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and undertaking that role so as to enable those children to have optimum life chances.

Key principles Safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility Best interests of the child It could happen here Issues between children must not be passed off as banter or part of growing up GDPR is not a barrier to information sharing Think the unthinkable What are your greatest risks? Early Help

Guidance documents Keeping Children Safe in Education: September 2018 Working Together to Safeguard Children: July 2018 What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused: advice for practitioners: March 2015 Sexual violence and sexual harassment between children in schools and colleges: May 2018 Information sharing advice for safeguarding practitioners: July 2018 DFE Behaviour and Discipline in schools January 2016 Ofsted: Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills settings September 2018 Pan Sussex Child Protection Procedures

Keeping Children Safe in Education: September 2018 Emphasis on care leavers, LAC, SEND and peer on peer abuse Emphasis on online safety within DSL role Contextual safeguarding Children Missing from Education Additions to Annex A Part 5: child on child sexual violence and sexual harassment

Key messages for all staff It could happen here The best interests of the child Act immediately Do not assume that colleagues will report things If the DSL is not available, they must speak with SLT or contact SPOA themselves Early Help Vulnerabilities

Headteacher responsibilities for safeguarding National Standards of Excellence for Headteachers 2015 – Hold all staff to account for their professional conduct and practice. Ensure that the school’s systems, organisation and processes are well considered, efficient and fit for purpose, upholding the principles of transparency, integrity and probity. Provide a safe, calm and well-ordered environment for all pupils and staff, focused on safeguarding pupils and developing their exemplary behaviour in school and in the wider society. Develop effective relationships with fellow professionals and colleagues in other public services to improve academic and social outcomes for all pupils.

Safeguarding can involve a range of potential issues: Bullying, including online bullying and prejudice-based bullying: racist, disability and homophobic or transphobic abuse Gender-based violence/violence against women and girls: female genital mutilation and forced marriage Radicalisation and/or extremist behaviour Criminal exploitation: child sexual exploitation and County Lines The impact of new technologies: exploitation, sexting Peer on peer abuse within school Domestic violence: teenage relationship abuse Poor parenting, particularly in relation to babies and young children Fabricated or induced illness Early Help

Issues to consider as a new headteacher DSL? Deputy DSL ? CPD for this? Standards vs safeguarding Policy vs practice The voice of the child Teaching safeguarding Systems for recording and acting on information Single Central Record – who does what? Governors role, knowledge and skills Training updates and priorities Dealing with complaints and allegations School culture –professional curiosity?

SLES Documents Model Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy for Schools 2018 East Sussex Online safety policy 2018 Staff Code of Conduct 2018 Keeping Records of Child Protection and Welfare Concerns July 2017 Safeguarding Audit Toolkit for Schools and Colleges in East Sussex 2018-19

Areas for development identified through the audit Record Keeping Analysis and review Online Safety Self review and informed decision making Risk Assessment Prevent, reasonable force/positive handling, sexual violence/harassment, risk reduction plans

Further support from SLES DSL networks Safeguarding Newsletter Safeguarding Practice Review Single focus visit Group supervision for DSLs Whole School Safeguarding Training Safeguarding Conference 15/01/19 Czone: Support for Safeguarding in Colleges, Schools and Early Years Settings

Contact Details Dion.Page-Hammond@eastsussex.gov.uk SLES.Safeguarding@eastsussex.gov.uk