1. Safeguarding Link Governors Forum
22nd March 2017
10/22/2017

2. Objectives of this session
Understanding Safeguarding Arrangements in schools
Clarification of the Safeguarding link governor role in line with current local and national expectations.
Legislation update
S11 audits outcomes
Newham Safeguarding in Education priorities
Review of the Safeguarding Lead Governor job description
Networking and sharing the best practice 
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3. Safeguarding in Education offer
•Respond immediately and appropriately to all enquiries about policy, practice and procedures on child protection issues in Educational settings; and advise on the required action as outlined in the NSCB guidelines.
•Liaise with the Police Safeguarding Team, Children Social Care Services, Health and the voluntary sector in order to address issues following correct procedures.
•Advise schools of their responsibilities and the standards that are expected in order to protect children.
•Disseminate information to schools on child protection issues.
•Provide advice to schools and colleges on confidentiality and record keeping procedures to ensure that records are kept in strict and secure files.
•Work closely with schools and colleges to evaluate their safeguarding policies in line with Ofsted expectations before and after inspection.
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4. Safeguarding Lead in Education
Priorities
Online Safety
CSE - under-reporting of sexual assault in schools
CME - Multi agency approach
Radicalisation and extremism –prevent agenda
Disseminating learning from serious case reviews and learning reviews
Safeguarding in Education conference in October 2017
Lead governors for Safeguarding  - evaluating their impact
DSL forum  and S11 Audits
Fatmir Deda
Safeguarding Lead in Education e: t:
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5. What your Section 11s have told us…
Out of 108 schools in Newham we received 99 responses:
84 - confirmed that the DSL is a member of the school Leadership Team
72 - reported DSL trained within the previous two years.
94 - have an E-Safety Lead
90 - have a CSE Lead
91 - have a Prevent Lead
There were 82 referrals made to the LADO from 59 schools. Of these 54 did not meet threshold and a further 28 went on for further investigation.
75 - confirmed a date in which the Governors signed off the Safeguarding Report.
92 - reported that there had been a meeting between DSL and safeguarding Governor
13 - left the question about external agencies using school premises blank?
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6. What your Section 11s have told us…
1147 children identified for Early Help (22per cent increase)
938 children identified for Early Help
319 Early Help Records across 28 schools
(38 per cent increase)
231 Early Help Records across 31 schools
Referrals to Triage and outcomes
195 families identified for support from Families First (47 per cent increase)
133 families identified for support from Families First
308 families identified for statutory assessment (39 per cent decrease)
505 families identified for statutory assessment
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7. Section 11 Audit next steps..
Analysis of the audits and report to LSCB
Action Plan of the finding
Peer-to-peer reviews
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8. SLG role and responsibility- Activity
Expectations of yourself as a SLG
Expectations of your school in relation to your role
How do you know it is having an impact ?
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9. 10 min Break
Networking and sharing best practice
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10. Activity- Evaluation of your school!!!
What works well in your school and why ?
What could be improved ?
What improvements are you going to make as a result of this session ?
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11. AOB
Questions
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