Safeguarding Children in Education Annual Audit
2015 - 16
Name of School: Completed By:
Position: Contact Details:
Date completed: Date returned:
Name of Head teacher: Chair of Governors:
This audit has been created with reference to:Ofsted - Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills setting 2015
Ofsted – Common Inspection Framework 2015
DfE - Keeping Children Safe in Education 2015
DfE - Statutory Policies for Schools 2014
DfE - Working Together to Safeguard Children 2015
DfE - What to do if you are worried a child is being abused -Advice for practitioners’ 2015
Section 1 – Roles & Responsibilities
Question / Answer / Evidence1a / Who is your Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)? / ·
1b / Who is/are your Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead(s)? / ·
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1c / Who is your Designated Teacher assigned to LAC? / ·
1d / Who is your nominated governor for Safeguarding? / ·
1e / Is your DSP a member of the Senior Management Team? / YES/NO
1f / Does everyone in the school community know the DSL and their role, e.g. is this information freely available on the school website, in appropriate posters, leaflets, and newsletters? / YES/NO
1g / Is Safeguarding always an agenda item at your full governing body meetings? / YES/NO
1h / Does your Safeguarding Governor carry out a School visit at least twice each year? / YES/NO
1i / Does the Governing body and proprietors ensure that they comply with their duties under
legislation and have regard for the guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ July 2015 in the management of safeguarding? / YES/NO
1j / How many new governors have joined the board in the last 12 months?
1k / Do parents know the name of your Safeguarding Governor? / YES/NO
1l / Is the child protection policy available publicly and are parents aware of the fact that referrals
about suspected abuse or neglect may be made and the role of the school in this? Is it on the
school’s website? / YES/NO
Section 2 - Safe Recruitment
2a / Have your Head Teacher, Safeguarding Governor and any other staff undertaken recent Safer
Recruitment Training? / YES/NO / Certificates
2b / Do your recruitment procedures follow all necessary procedures as outlined in Section 3 of ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2015’? / YES/NO
2c / Do you have a pre-employment checklist for all appointments, retained in each employees HR file? / YES/NO
2d / Is safer recruitment training reflected in your school’s recruitment policy and procedures e.g. career
gaps identified and questioned, two written references obtained on short listed candidates before
interview directly from the referee? / YES/NO
2e / Do all job descriptions and advertisements include a reference to the school’s commitment to safeguarding? / YES/NO
2f / Do all employees have an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check? / YES/NO
2g / New appointments-
Have you checked a candidate’s identity, obtained a certificate for an enhanced DBS which includes
barred list information, verified their mental and physical fitness to carry out their work responsibilities,
verified the person’s right to work in the UK and their professional qualifications, as appropriate. Are all teachers checked for disqualification from teaching? / YES/NO
2h / Have staff working in Primary settings had the appropriate checks in relation to ‘disqualification by
association’ (Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006 guidance ) / YES/NO
2i / Do all Governors have an enhanced DBS check? / YES/NO
2j / Do all supply and agency staff have an enhanced DBS check? / YES/NO
2k / Do all adults that attend the school have a DBS or appropriate checks in place in accordance with the guidance on use of regulated and non-regulated adults in schools? If not, how have Governors and
senior leaders assessed the level of supervision provided? / YES/NO
2l / Do you have 2 written references available for all employees? / YES/NO
2m / Have any individuals joined the DBS update service at the point an application for a new DBS check was made? Further information about this service can be found at GOV.UK / YES/NO
2n / Who is responsible for your Single Central Record (SCR)?
Who checks the SCR regularly and how do you record these checks? / ·
2o / Does your SCR cover all staff (including supply staff and teacher trainees on salaried routes) who work at the school? / YES/NO
2p / Does your SCR include all staff, external agencies, Governors and volunteers who are either employed by the school or who have regular and unsupervised contact with children? / YES/NO
2q / Is the School clear about which staff are on site at any time? / YES/NO
2r / Are all visitors to the School given a brief guide to Safeguarding and H&S on arrival? / YES/NO
2s / Is visitor ID checked on arrival and do they always sign in and out? / YES/NO
2t / Do all visitors wear ID badges and do staff and pupils know this? / YES/NO
2u / Are all short term external maintenance staff or contactors who do not have an enhanced DBS check, supervised at all times? How is this evidenced? / YES/NO
2v / Are all staff and visitors aware of the school policy on the use of mobile phones and taking photographs? How is this monitored? / YES/NO
Section 3 – Training
Question / Answer / Evidence3a / Have all the staff in your school community (including support staff and volunteers) undertaken
Basic Awareness Safeguarding/Child Protection training within the last 3 years? / YES/NO
3b / Are all staff given additional Safeguarding training annually? / YES/NO
3c / Have other members of staff completed any other Safeguarding training in the last 12 months, for example completion of EHA training? / YES/NO
3d / Do you identify child protection training for all staff on your SCR with the date taken? / YES/NO
3e / Have you records of training given (power point or notes), name of trainer and are staff certificates on file? / YES/NO
3f / Has your DSP completed specific DSP training within the last 2 years? / YES/NO
3g / Has your deputy DSP completed specific DSP training within the last 2 years? / YES/NO
3h / Do you have a detailed record of the dates Governors attended Safeguarding training? / YES/NO
3i / Does your DSL or Deputy DSL contribute to and ensure that an appropriately trained member of school staff attends where required for:
· Strategy Meetings
· Child Protection Case Conferences and Reviews
· TAC meetings
3j / Have all staff attended PREVENT training? / YES/NO
3k / Has your DSP or any other staff member have an good understanding of, or attended training on, specific safeguarding issues: (please tick)
· Physical abuse
· Sexual abuse
· Emotional abuse
· neglect
· Bullying, including online bullying and prejudice-based bullying
· Racist, disability and homophobic or transphobic abuse
· Gender-based violence/ violence against women and girls
· Radicalisation and/or extremist behaviour
· Child sexual exploitation and trafficking
· The impact of new technologies on sexual behaviour, for example sexting
· Teenage relationship abuse
· Substance misuse
· Issues that may be specific to a local area or population, for example gang activity or youth violence
· Domestic abuse
· Female genital mutilation
· Forced marriage
· Fabricated or induced illness
· Poor parenting, particularly in relation to babies and young children / YES/NO
3l / Do all key safeguarding staff know how to effectively record concerns and create a chronology of events as part of a child’s safeguarding file? / YES/NO
3m / Have all staff and governors confirmed that they have read part 1 of ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ 2015 and policies and procedures linked to pupils and staff safety and well-being? How is this evidenced / YES/NO
Section 4 – Guidance, Policies Procedures
Question / Answer / Evidence4a / Does your School have a compliant
· Health and Safety policy
· Disability / Accessibility plan
· Attendance Policy including information about children and learners missing from education
· Safeguarding/Child Protection policy
· Staff behaviour policy / YES/NO
4b / Does your Safeguarding Child Protection Policy cover all aspects of risk for children, including CSE, FGM, Slavery, missing from education, abuse, neglect etc.? / YES/NO
4c / Do you have separate policies for recruitment, anti-bullying, physical intervention, attendance,
whistleblowing and dealing with allegations against staff?
4d / Are your policy and child protection procedures included in your induction pack to all new staff
(including NQT’s, supply staff and students)? / YES/NO
4e / Are there records of how the school has responded in a timely and appropriate way to safeguarding concerns/allegations and how effectively the school has worked in partnership with external agencies regarding any concerns / YES/NO
4f / Does your school have an available copy of the DfE guidance ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children 2015,’ ‘What to do if you are worried a child is being abused 2015-Advice for practitioners’ and ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ 2015. / YES/NO
4g / Have the staff received training (if relevant) or discussed the following policies and their procedures, related to Safeguarding?
· Allegations of abuse made against teachers and other staff
· Staff code of conduct
· Pupil restraint/physical intervention
· Health and Safety including evacuation procedures in emergencies
· Educational visits
· Access to students records and taking photos
· Supporting students with medical needs
· Intimate care
· First Aid
· Whistleblowing
· Anti-Bullying
· Attendance
· Behaviour for learning
· Drugs and substance misuse
· Sex and Relationships
· E-Safety and acceptable use of the Internet
· Teaching Standards 2012
· Use of Mobile phones / YES/NO
4h / Are the above policies reviewed by Governors annually along with the Child Protection Policy? / YES/NO
4i / Does the School follow the LA policy and procedures for Education visits, including residential trips? / YES/NO
4j / Do all staff leading trips receive additional training, including completion of risk assessments? / YES/NO
4k / Does the school keep logs that record bullying, complaints, prejudiced based behaviour and any physical
Intervention? Do these logs records dates, times, participants, details of the activity and consequences?
Are they reviewed regularly? / YES/NO
4l / Are pupils taught how to keep themselves safe, including responding to different types of bullying, protective behaviours, recognising adults they can go to for help, ‘stranger danger’ etc. / YES/NO
4m / Does your school have a definition of bullying that is understood by all members of the school
community? / YES/NO
4n / Does your school have a definition of Equality Duty policy (based on the Equality Act 2010) that is understood by all members of the school community? / YES/NO
4o / Does your school have an Equality Duty action plan which is available on the School web-site? / YES/NO
4p / Would you be able to demonstrate that the curriculum is used to promote safeguarding and
E-safeguarding? / YES/NO
4q / Do you have a ‘managed’ system in order to address E-safety in your school? / YES/NO
4r / Do you have a named person responsible for pupils with chronic or long-term medical needs? / YES/NO
4s / Are comprehensive care plans in place for pupils with medical needs? / YES/NO
Section 5 - On & Off-Site Safety
5a / Who is the named person with responsibility for Health and Safety in your School? / ·
5b / Who is the named governor with responsibility for Heath and Safety in your School? / ·
5c / Does the school have adequate security arrangements for the grounds and buildings, including an Emergency Plan which has details of ‘lock down’ procedures? / YES/NO
5d / Does the School have an adequate number of trained first aiders on site? / YES/NO
5e / Does the school keep a first aid log and record dates, times, types of injury, injured parties and who has been notified? / YES/NO
5f / Is the first aid log reviewed regularly to determine patterns of incidents and pupils? / YES/NO
5g / Are risk assessments in place to cover all aspects of the school’s work, such as premises and equipment, on-site activities, off-site activities and the venues used, use of minibuses and other forms of transport? / YES/NO
5h / Are risk assessments and/or risk management plans in place for any children who present
particular risks e.g. sexualised behaviour, or who have particular vulnerabilities? / YES/NO
5i / Are the school grounds and premises checked regularly to ensure it is safe and secure
including the perimeter fence? / YES/NO
5j / Are health and safety concerns reported immediately to the named person for H&S and logged? / YES/NO
5k / Does the School carry out a termly fire drill as minimum? / YES/NO
5l / Does the school have a well managed accident log that is monitored daily and action taken where appropriate e.g. RIDOR reporting? / YES/NO
5m / Are pupils regularly asked about their safety? Where they feel unsafe in school and what worries them?
Section 6 – Identifying, Recording, Responding to Concerns & Raising Awareness