Management Information Sheet
Audit of Safeguarding Practices 2019-2020 and Updating Information on My School
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 and learning from serious case reviews and audit; 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.
As in 2017, the review tool will be accessible to all schools via Norfolk County Council's My Schools section of the Norfolk Schools site. 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 and attached to this correspondence.
What do I need to do?All maintained schools, free schools, independent 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: | 16 September - 18 December 2019 |
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Group 2: | 6 January - 1 April 2020 |
Group 3: | 20 April - 10 July 2020 |
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 18 December 2019.
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 2017-18. A total of 90% of schools that were contacted provided the information. The overall findings of the audit identified gaps in knowledge and understanding of areas such as tackling child sexual abuse, neglect and on-line safety arrangements. Evidence of monitoring and challenge and clear ways of working with the named governor for safeguarding as well as governor training were also areas that required improvement.
Schools are supported with many of the areas for development identified above through the 'forms and templates,' 'training,' and the 'guidance' tabs available in the 'Safeguarding Section' of the Norfolk Schools' website.
A link to the Audit section of the Norfolk Schools website is attached for your information. This includes the Audit Report and Powerpoint related to the Spot Checks undertaken in the Summer Term 2018.
Date to be completed
Group 1: 18 December 2019
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 18 December 2019. 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. Guidance on completing the tool is also available on those pages and attached to this correspondence.
Group 1 Schools | |
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Acle St Edmund C Of E Primary School | King’s Oak Academy |
Alburgh With Denton CE VC Primary School | Lakenham Primary School |
Aldborough Primary School | Langham Village School |
All Saints Academy | Lingwood Primary Academy |
All Saints CE VA Primary School Winfarthing | Lionwood Infant & Nursery School |
Aslacton Primary | Lionwood Junior School |
Attleborough Primary School | Litcham School |
Bacton Primary School | Magdalen Gates Primary School |
Banham Primary School | Manor Field Infant and Nursery School |
Barford Primary School | Marsham Primary School |
Barnham Broom CE VA Primary School | Marshland High School |
Bawdeswell Community Primary School | Morley CE VA Primary School |
Beeston Primary School | Mousehold Infant and Nursery School |
Bignold Primary School and Nursery | Mundesley Infant School |
Blakeney CE VA Primary School | Narborough Church Of England Primary Academy |
Blenheim Park Academy | Neatishead VC Primary School |
Brancaster CE VA Primary School | Necton VA Primary School |
Brooke VE CE 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 High School |
Cantley Primary School | Old Buckenham Primary School |
Carleton Rode CE VA Primary School | Peterhouse Church Of England Primary Academy |
Castle Acre Church Of England Primary Academy | Queen's Hill Primary & Nursery School |
Caston CE VA Primary School | Rackheath Primary School |
Catfield CE VC Primary School | Recreation Road Infant School |
Catton Grove Primary School | Redcastle Family School |
Cawston Church Of England Primary Academy | Reedham Primary School |
Cecil Gowing Infant School | Rollesby Primary School |
Chapel Break Infant School | Salhouse CE VC Primary School |
Chapel Green School | Sandringham & West Newton CE VA Primary School |
Cherry Tree Academy Trust Marham Infant | Saxlingham Nethergate CE VC Primary School |
Cherry Tree Academy Trust Marham Junior | Scarning VC Primary School |
Colkirk CE Primary Academy | Scole CE VC Primary School |
Denver CE VC Primary School | Sculthorpe Church Of England Primary Academy |
Dereham Church Infant And Nursery School | Sedgeford Primary School |
Dereham Church Of England Junior Academy | Seething & Mundham Primary School |
Dereham Neatherd High School | Sewell Park Academy |
Dereham Sixth Form Centre | Shelton With Hardwick Community School |
Dereham St. Nicholas Junior School | Sheringham Community Primary School & Nursery |
Dersingham VA Primary & Nursery School | Sheringham High School |
Docking CE Primary School | Sheringham Woodfields School |
Earsham CE VA Primary School | Smithdon High School |
East Harling Primary School & Nursery | Snettisham Primary School |
East Ruston Infant School and Nursery | South Wootton Infant School |
Fairhaven CE VA Primary School | South Wootton Junior School |
Fairstead Community Primary & Nursery School | Sprowston Junior School |
Fakenham Academy Norfolk | St. Andrew's Lopham CE VA Primary School |
Fakenham Infant & Nursery School | St Clements Hill Primary Academy |
Fakenham Junior School | St Michael’s CE VA Primary Academy |
Falcon Junior School | Swaffham CE VC Infant School |
Forncett St Peter CE VA Primary School | Tacolneston CE Primary School |
Fred Nicholson School | Taverham High School |
Frettenham Primary School | Taverham VC CE Junior School |
Garboldisham CE VC Primary School | Ten Mile Bank Riverside Academy |
Garvestone Primary School | Terrington St. Clement Community School |
Gayton CE VC Primary School | Terrington St. John Primary School |
Gaywood Community Primary School | Tilney All Saints CE Primary School |
George White Junior School | Toftwood Community Junior School |
Ghost Hill Infant & Nursery School | Toftwood Infant School |
Gooderstone Church of England Primary Academy | The Bawburgh School |
Hainford Primary Partnership School | The Bishop's Church Of England Primary Academy |
Hall School | The Clare School |
Happisburgh Ce Va Primary | The Fen Rivers Academy |
Hapton C Of E Va Primary School | The Nicholas Hamond Academy |
Harford Manor School | The Wherry School |
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 |
Hemblington Primary School | Watlington Community Primary School |
Hempnall Primary School | Watton Westfield Infant & Nursery School |
Highgate Infant School | Wayland Academy |
Hingham Primary School | Wayland Junior Academy Watton |
Iceni Academy | Weasenham Church Of England Primary Academy |
Kelling CE Primary School | Weeting Primary School |
Kenninghall Primary School |
Updating DSL information on My School
It is a local requirement that schools ensure the information on My School is up-to-date. This includes the 'Designated staff' section which can be found by clicking on the Staff tab. When these details have been updated, the Local Authority Safeguarding Team will be in a position to email schools to let them know when DSL training is due to expire. We would ask that these details are updated by 30 September 2019. Instructions on how to make these amendments are attached.