Guides
Guides
Short, practical pieces on the local context behind a school's safeguarding policy: what inspectors ask, what the public data can show, and how to write it down so it stands up.
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What Ofsted means by local risks, and what a DSL can show them
The inspection framework asks whether leaders understand the risks in the local area. This guide sets out what that question covers and the evidence a Designated Safeguarding Lead can put in front of an inspector.
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Contextual safeguarding in a school policy: a worked paragraph
Keeping Children Safe in Education expects the child protection policy to reflect the school's context. This guide builds one paragraph, sentence by sentence, from facts a school can actually evidence.
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County lines and criminal exploitation: what the public data can and cannot tell you
Police-recorded crime says something about the area around a school and nothing about who is being exploited. This guide draws the line between the two so a policy does not overclaim.
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The safeguarding governor's annual report: an evidence checklist
An annual safeguarding report to governors is only as strong as the evidence behind each statement. This checklist pairs every claim with the record that supports it.
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Road danger at the school gate: reading collision data and making a School Street request
Collision records are public, mapped and free. This guide explains how to read them for the roads around a school and what a School Street request to the highway authority needs.