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• Easy to install from CD-ROM
• All the benefits of a safeguarding consultant without the cost
• Protects or improves your OFSTED inspection rating
• Quickly and easily measures and reports on your school's current status
• Finds solutions for any gaps in provision
• Provides guidance, sample editable policies and protocols
• Includes a comprehensive Single Central Record tutorial
• Is kept up-to-date with legislative or procedural changes by our Safeguarding Specialist
• Includes 2 years free automatic online updates

"When the new SEF came out we just wanted to be sure we hit every different aspect and that we were still at an outstanding level...We now have the self assurance that we are covered... The software has ensured we have a comprehensive wide understanding of what safeguarding means within a primary school."

Janet Parkinson,
Headteacher, Haworth Primary School

"I was really impressed with the audit tool, it was comprehensive and examined such a wide range of safeguarding topics. The audit measured what we had in place and how integrated our policies, protocols and practices were."

Jonathan Boyle,
Deputy Head, Madeley Academy

Key areas

Your safeguarding audit will cover the following important areas:

This section examines all policies, procedures and protocols related to Safeguarding practice. This also includes induction and training processes

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This section examines safeguarding provision and practice in place for vulnerable children in relation to the revised October 2009 SEN framework.

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This section examines Safer Recruitment practice.

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This section examines continued professional development and performance management processes including safeguarding training/ monitoring.

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This section examines practice in maintaining secure assessment/monitoring files including measures for electronic data gathering.

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This section examines the procedures in place for visitors to schools. It explores vetting, monitoring and recording processes for regular, casual and contracted visitors.

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This section examines the level of reporting re safeguarding to parents/ carers and governance. This includes general reporting mechanisms together with post Ofsted requirements.

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This section examines policy and procedures in place for managing complaints, grievance and allegations. This includes exploring roles with specific safeguarding duties.

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This section examines the procedures for disseminating policy, procedures and protocols to staff (employed & supply), volunteers and extended service providers. Also included in this section is an audit of general policies with a common thread to Safeguarding e.g. Behaviour, Care & Control, Intimate Care, Anti-Bullying, Medication & Equal Opportunities. Additionally Health & Safety policies are measured. Race Equality is also examined with an audit of policy and action planning, a mandatory requirement.

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This section examines displays and information to support procedures for safe evacuation, child missing/absconding and out of class protocols.

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This section examines all aspects of risk assessment processes. This includes external and internal site assessments together with specific activity risk assessments. Procedural risk assessments are measured to examine practice. Educational visit risk assessment and measures in place for extended services are also measured.

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This section examines the content of the core and enhanced curriculum in relation to Safeguarding.

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This section specifically examines SRE in relation to Government office requirements.

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This section examines all aspects of school development planning: long, medium and short term; together with schools' SEF.

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This section examines procedures in place to ensure contracted extended service provision meets safeguarding requirements. The focus is on contractual arrangements and adherence to schools' policies/procedures.

Templates and example documents

Safeguarding Auditor includes templates and examples for many policy documents.