The latest news and insights from Anchored Schools
Here you will find news, blogs, and commentary on all topics around safeguarding, attendance, behaviour, PSHE, and SEND. We provide updates on new guidance and legislation, information and resources for schools, and offer our insight based on our extensive experience and the work that we do with our schools.
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Site Safety in Schools
Your site team is responsible for the health and safety of your school, but it is within the remit of the DSL to ensure that it’s secure from a safeguarding perspective. Here are some pointers for surveying the site and what to look out for.
Mandatory Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse
The Home Office has issued a press release regarding the statutory requirement for those working with young people to report incidents of child sexual abuse. Here’s what that means for schools.
Aligning your school’s security and safeguarding
Using the new DfE guidance documents to ensure that security measures align with your safeguarding policies and procedures.
How robust is your signing in procedure?
How robust is your school’s signing in procedure? How to keep yours in line with guidance and part of your overall safeguarding practices.
What Should I Include in a Safeguarding Report to Governors?
It is best practice to keep Safeguarding Governors up to speed on safeguarding issues in the school. We recommend providing a termly report. Here is our guide to the areas this report should cover.
Online SCR Training Workshop - Book Your Place Now
Updated for September 2021, we are delighted to offer places on our online Single Central Record workshop. Suitable for anyone who has to update, maintain or check this key document.