Management Information Sheet
Audit of School Safeguarding Practices 2017
Governing bodies of maintained schools have a duty under section 175 (2) Education Act 2002 to make arrangements for ensuring the conduct of the school are exercised with a view to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils at the school. Section 157 of the Act places the same requirements on Academies, Free Schools and Independent Schools.
The safeguarding self-review tool has been revised to reflect changes in local and national guidance, the Norfolk Safeguarding Children Board (NSCB) Priorities and learning from serious case reviews; new fields and revised fields are highlighted throughout the tool. The tool forms the primary evidential basis for the Local Authority audit of school practice that will take place over the next three terms and schools will be requested to submit a completed safeguarding self-review tool.
Rather than being produced as a word document, the review tool will be accessible to all schools via Norfolk County Council's My Schools section of the Norfolk Schools site from Tuesday 31st January. When you are logged on to the system, you will be able to access the tool via the 'School Performance' tab. Further guidance on completing the tool is also available on those pages.
Spot checks of statutory compliance:
In addition to audit through the self-review process the Intervention Team, with support from the Adviser - Education Safeguarding, will commence a series of safeguarding compliance checks with schools during the Spring Term 2017. These checks will be unannounced visits focusing initially on statutory compliance in line with the Safeguarding Compliance Checklist for Governors - July 2016. As audit activity develops, these checks will be used to test and quality assure audit returns.
What do I need to do?
All maintained schools, free schools and academies will be invited to submit a completed self-review tool for analysis in 3 groups over three terms as follows:
Group 1: | 23 January - 28 April 2017 |
Group 2: | 18 April - 7 July 2017 |
Group 3: | 6 September - 8 December 2017 |
If your school appears in the Group 1 list of schools at the end of this document, please complete the self-review tool via the My Schools website by 28 April 2017.
If your school is not included in Group 1, you will be sent a request via a further Management Information Sheet at the beginning of the term the return for your school is required. If your school is not named in Group 1, but you wish to submit a completed review during this cycle, please feel free to do so.
Thank you for your co-operation and support with this audit. The last audit of school safeguarding procedures was completed in 2015. A total of 90% of schools that were contacted provided the information; the overall findings of the audit identified gaps in knowledge across the wider school workforce and training and guidance was tailored to meet these needs accordingly. A summary of the findings is attached for your information.
Date to be completed
Group 1: 28 April 2017
Submission of the Safeguarding Self-review Tool: GROUP ONE
If your school appears in this list of schools, please can you complete and submit the revised self-review tool by no later than 28 April 2017. Please note that you should not submit copies of supporting documentation but it is important that you provide a rating and a supporting commentary of evidence for each question. If you do not include this information, it is likely that you will be asked to re-submit the tool.
Acle Academy | Kelling CE Primary School |
Acle St Edmund C Of E Primary School | Kenninghall Primary School |
Admirals Academy | Lakenham Primary School |
Alburgh With Denton CE VC Primary School | Langham Village School |
Aldborough Primary School | Lingwood Primary Academy |
Alderman Peel High School | Lionwood Infant & Nursery School |
Alderman Swindell Primary School | Lionwood Junior School |
All Saints Academy | Litcham School |
Bacton Primary School | Magdalen Gates Primary School |
Banham Primary School | Magdalen Village School |
Barford Primary School | Manor Field Infant & Nursery School |
Barnham Broom CE VA Primary School | Marsham Primary School |
Bawdeswell Community Primary School | Marshland High School |
Beeston Primary School | Narborough Church Of England Primary Academy |
Bignold Primary School And Nursery | Neatishead VC Primary School |
Bishop's CE VA Primary School | Necton VA Primary School |
Blakeney CE VA Primary School | Nelson Academy |
Blenheim Park Community Primary School | Nelson Infant School |
Caister Academy | Newton Flotman CE VC Primary School |
Caister Infant School | Nightingale Infant & Nursery School |
Caister Junior School | Old Buckenham Community Primary School |
Cantley Primary School | Old Buckenham High School |
Carleton Rode CE VA Primary School | Old Buckenham Primary School |
Castle Acre Church Of England Primary Academy | Peterhouse Church Of England Primary Academy |
Caston CE VA Primary School | Queen's Hill Primary & Nursery School |
Catfield CE VC Primary School | Rackheath Primary School |
Catton Grove Primary School | Raleigh Infant School & Nursery |
Cawston Church Of England Primary Academy | Recreation Road Infant School |
Cecil Gowing Infant School | Redcastle Family School |
Chapel Break Infant School | Reedham Primary School |
Chapel Road School | St. Andrew's Lopham CE VA Primary School |
Charles Darwin Primary School | Salhouse CE VC Primary School |
Cherry Tree Academy Trust Marham Infant | Sandringham & West Newton CE VA Primary School |
Cherry Tree Academy Trust Marham Junior | Saxlingham Nethergate CE VC Primary School |
Denver CE VC Primary School | Scarning VC Primary School |
Dereham Church Infant And Nursery School | Scole CE VC Primary School |
Dereham Church Of England Junior Academy | Sculthorpe Church Of England Primary Academy |
Dereham Neatherd High School | Sedgeford Primary School |
Dereham St. Nicholas Junior School | Seething & Mundham Primary School |
Dersingham VA Primary & Nursery School | Sewell Park Academy |
Earsham CE VA Primary School | Shelton With Hardwick Community School |
East Harling Primary School & Nursery | Sheringham Community Primary School & Nursery |
East Ruston Area Community Infant School | Sheringham High School |
Eastgate Academy | Sheringham Woodfields School |
Fairhaven CE VA Primary School | Sidestrand Hall School |
Fairstead Community Primary & Nursery School | Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form Free School |
Fakenham Academy Norfolk | Smithdon High School |
Fakenham Infant & Nursery School | Snettisham Primary School |
Fakenham Junior School | South Wootton Infant School |
Falcon Junior School | South Wootton Junior School |
Fred Nicholson School | Southery Academy |
Garboldisham CE VC Primary School | Sprowston Junior School |
Garrick Green Infant School | Swaffham CE VC Infant School |
Garvestone Primary School | Tacolneston CE Primary School |
Gayton CE VC Primary School | Taverham High School |
Gaywood Community Primary School | Taverham Vc Ce Junior School |
George White Junior School | Ten Mile Bank Riverside Academy |
Ghost Hill Infant & Nursery School | Terrington St. Clement Community School |
Gooderstone Church of England Primary Academy | Terrington St. John Primary School |
Hainford Primary Partnership School | Toftwood Community Junior School |
Hall School | The Bawburgh School |
Happisburgh Ce Va Primary | The Bishop's Church Of England Primary Academy |
Hapton C Of E Va Primary School | The Clare School |
Harford Manor School | The Nicholas Hamond Academy |
Harleston C of E Va Primary School | University Technical College |
Harpley CE VC Primary School | Valley Primary Academy |
Heacham Infant & Nursery School | Walpole Cross Keys Primary School |
Heacham Junior School | Walpole Highway Community Primary School |
Heartsease Primary Academy | Walsingham CE VA Primary School |
Heather Avenue Infant School | Watlington Community Primary School |
Hellesdon High School | Watton Junior School |
Hemblington Primary School | Watton Westfield Infant & Nursery School |
Hempnall Primary School | Wayland Academy |
Highgate Infant School | Wayland Junior Academy Watton |
Iceni Academy | Weasenham Church Of England Primary Academy |
Jane Austen College | Weeting Primary School |