1. Designated Safeguarding Leads meeting
Date for next meeting 4th February 2019
October 2018

2. Agenda – Network Meeting

3. Updates Safeguarding Audits – Next Steps Changes to KCSIE
Safeguarding Policy
LSCB Update
Police reports

4. Safeguarding Audits High Risk – (In part or No)
Policy
Intimate Care Policy
School Security
Harassment and discrimination
Have all staff been asked to read the summary of “Keeping Children Safe in Education” and do you have a signed record of this?
Have the governing body nominated a governor to liaise with the LADO for allegations against the head teacher

5. Safeguarding Audits High Risk – (In part or No) Protocol
Is there a protocol for dealing with allegations against children and is this stated in your safeguarding policy?
Is there a policy or procedure in place for ensuring that visitors to the school are suitable and checked and monitored as appropriate [for example, external speakers at school assemblies]
Have all members of the governing body attended safeguarding training and/or are aware of the roles and responsibility of the governing body?

6. Whistle-blowing Policy

7. Police reports
Department of Education Keeping children safe in education
“It is important for children to receive the right help at the right time to address risks and prevent issues escalating. Schools and colleges should work with social care, the police, health services and other services to promote the welfare of children.”

8. The new process… As of DSL meeting ion Jan 2018
Thames Valley Police will send an automated notification (which is password protected) within 24hrs to the school with details of:
Date and time of incident
Name and age of child present
Home address and incident address
NICHE occurrence number (the police reference number)
However it will not identify the adults involved, the nature and seriousness of the crimes disclosed (if any) or what the police are doing about it. It is simply sent so schools can be ready to help and support children and families if they are distressed.

9. The role of schools
The child may be unaware that a domestic incident has occurred or, on other occasions, there may be a significant impact on the child. The notification will not make this distinction. It is simply sent for your awareness.
Schools are not expected to discuss or question the child or parents about the incident, but should be ready to respond and support them if the need arises. Don’t make the notification common knowledge but perhaps inform key staff discreetly.
This notification does not replace existing Child protection processes and any further concerns should be reported in the usual manner. MASH will continue to review police reports, sharing them with Children’s Social Care in the normal manner.

10. What’s next? Information Sharing Agreement
The school Head should contact and confirm that the school will abide by the Information Sharing Agreement and manage the information correctly;
Decide now how your school will deal with any notifications and plan accordingly. The notification is confidential, so only share the information with staff who may need to know and do not print it out. You should record what, if anything, you do about the notification.

11. LADO Updates
Sharon Richards – RBWM

12. On-line Safety
Peter Cowley – AFC

13. Child Exploitation Screening Tool

15. Schools Workshop (safeguarding) 2018/2019
Youth Services, DASH and Thames Valley Police

16. Questions?