Keeping Children Safe in Education: Statutory Guidance for Schools and Colleges

UK Department for Education. Castle View House East Lane, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 2GJ, UK. Tel: +44-37-0000-2288; Fax: +44-19-2873-8248; Web site: http://www.education.gov.uk

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Administrators; Teachers

School Safety; Child Safety; Legal Responsibility; Compliance (Legal); Child Welfare; Children; Adolescents; Governance; Teacher Recruitment; Child Abuse; Teacher Student Relationship; Violence; Peer Relationship; School Personnel; Disclosure; Sexual Harassment; Sexual Abuse; Elementary Secondary Education; Postsecondary Education; Foreign Countries

This statutory guidance should be read and followed by headteachers, teachers and staff governing bodies of schools (including maintained nursery schools) and colleges, proprietors of independent schools and non-maintained special schools, and management committees of pupil referral units (PRUs). This guidance sets out the legal duties that must be followed to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18 in schools and colleges. It is divided into five parts: (1) Safeguarding information for all staff; (2) The management of safeguarding; (3) Safer recruitment; (4) Allegations of abuse made against teachers and other staff; and (5) Child on child sexual violence and sexual harassment.

ERIC

2018

ED590224