Safeguarding policies
Contents

- Kent Education Safeguarding Templates and Guidance for Schools
- Kent Education Safeguarding Templates and Guidance for Early Years
- Assessment and Referrals
- National Guidance and Ofsted
- Additional Links for Key Safeguarding Concerns
- Domestic Abuse
- Information Sharing
- Online Safety
- Honour Based Abuse (HBA) including Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
- Prevent and Extremism
- Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
- Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE), Gangs and County Lines
- Child Missing Education (CME) and Elective Home Education (EHE)
- Behaviour Management
- Sexual Violence and Harassment, Including Sexually Harmful Behaviours
- Safer Recruitment and Allegations Against Staff
Kent Education Safeguarding Service: Templates and Guidance for Schools

Template Policies
- LA exemplar school's child protection policy (DOCX, 502.3 KB) - New - September 2020
- School Child Protection Policy Addendum (DOCX, 168.7 KB) - April 2020
- Record Keeping Templates (DOC, 134.0 KB) - New - September 2020
Guidance
- Kent guidelines for record keeping (PDF, 354.7 KB) (2018)
- Managing a child accosted disclosure - protocol (PDF, 94.5 KB)
- Self review tool (2019-20) (DOCX, 85.9 KB)
- Annual Report to the Governing Body (January 2020) (DOC, 210.0 KB)
Kent Education Safeguarding Service: Templates, Tools and Guidance for Early Years

Template Policies
- Early Years safeguarding exemplar policy (DOCX, 468.0 KB) - New - September 2020
Guidance
- Lockdown Procedures for Early Years settings (PDF, 125.0 KB)
- Supervision in Early Years settings (DOCX, 313.4 KB) - 2018
- Guidance for Children and Young People Visiting Early Years Settings (PDF, 86.1 KB) - 2019
Assessment and Referrals

The Integrated Front Door is operational to access support for children, young people and families requiring intensive or specialist support at levels 3 and 4.
- Kent Support Levels Guidance
- KSCMP page for professionals worried about a child
- Single Request for Support Form (DOCX, 197.4 KB)
- Select to upload the Kent request for support form
- Early Help and Preventative Services contacts
- Initial child protection conferences report templates
National Guidance and Ofsted

- Safeguarding and Child Protection
- Professional Practice
- Parental Responsibility
- Ofsted
Additional Links for Key Safeguarding Concerns
Domestic Abuse
- National Guidance Links:
- Local Guidance Links
Neglect
Information Sharing
- National Guidance Links
- Local Guidance Links
Online Safety
- Visit the Online Safety section for information and guidelines about safeguarding children online including:
- Use of social media and use of mobile phones and personal devices
- Acceptable Use Policies templates
- Links to national guidance
Honour Based Abuse (HBA) including Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
- National Guidance Links:
- NSPCC FGM Helpline - 08000 283550
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory reporting
- Multi-agency statutory guidance on female genital mutilation
- FGM NHS
- FGM e-learning
- FGM 'The Facts' Leaflet
- FGM An Overview Leaflet
- Multi-agency practice guidelines: Handling cases of Forced Marriage (p13-14 and p32-36)
- Forced Marriage Unit contact - 0207 0080151 or email fmu@fco.gov.uk.
- Local Guidance Links:
Prevent and Extremism
- National Guidance Links:
- Prevent Duty guidance
- Educate against Hate (Includes resources and material for teachers, leaders and parents)
- Promoting fundamental British values as part of SMSC in schools
- SMSC requirements for independent schools
- Prevent e-Learning Package
- Channel NCALT - General Awareness e-learning course
- Channel guidance and vulnerability assessment
- The use of social media for online radicalisation (July 2015)
- Developing dynamic lockdown procedures
- Local Guidance Links:
Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
- National Guidance Links:
- Local Guidance Links:
- KSCMP guidance (includes leaflets, posters and training)
Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE), Gangs and County Lines
- National Guidance Links:
- Local Guidance Links:
Child Missing Education (CME) and Elective Home Education (EHE)
- National Guidance Links:
- Local Guidance Links:
- Kent CME Kelsi
- Kent EHE Policy
- Kent CME Guidance and Procedures
- CME team: 03000 41 21 21 or cme@kent.gov.uk
Behaviour Management and Bullying
- National Guidance Links
- Bullying
- Physical Interventions
- DfE Searching, Screening and Confiscation
- Guidance on the use of restrictive physical interventions for pupils with severe behavioural difficulties (p19-23 contains a Risk Assessment Proforma for assessing and managing foreseeable risks for children who present challenging behaviours)
- The use of seclusion, isolation and time out (PDF, 74.9 KB)
- Use of reasonable force
Sexual Violence and Harassment, Including Sexually Harmful Behaviours
- National Guidance Links:
- DfE - Sexual violence and sexual harassment between children in schools and colleges
- Brook Traffic Lights Tool
- Brook - Sexual health and wellbeing for under 25s
- NSPCC Harmful Sexual Behaviours
- NSPCC Harmful Sexual Behaviors - Research and Resources
- Contextual Safeguarding Network, University of Bedfordshire: Beyond referrals: levers for addressing harmful sexual behaviour in schools (Self-review tool for wider whole school response)
- Lucy Faithfull':
- Local Guidance Links:
Safer Recruitment and Allegations Against Staff
- National Guidance Links:
- Online safer recruitment training is accessible from the NSPCC
- Disclosure and barring service
- Disqualification under the childcare act 2006
- ACAS Help and advice for employers and employees - Discipline and grievance - Acas Code of Practice
- ACAS Discipline and grievances at work
- Local Guidance Links: