This summer has been very busy for Safeguarding with a range of new guidance being published.  Here is an easy to access list of the guidance and links to my blogs explaining the details.

• Keeping Children Safe in Education 2018  ( My blog from still stands as they were few significant changes other details about Safeguarding partners, Data Protection and Disqualification Under 2006 Childcare Act to bring this document in line with the guidance published between May and September. )
• Working Together To Safeguard Children 2018 (Blog here)
• OFSTED Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills settings September 2018 (Blog here)
• Changes to Disqualification under the 2006 Childcare Act (Blog here)
• Information Guidance for Practitioners (blog here)
• Data Protection Toolkit 
• Guidance on Parental Responsibility
• Guidance on School Attendance There are 3 new paragraphs on pages 6 and 7 reflecting the need for a safeguarding approach to children missing from school, including holding multiple emergency contact numbers and the need to escalate concerns when appropriate.

The long awaited updated versions Working Together to Safeguarding Children and Information Sharing advice for Practitioners were issues today. I will blog about the changes and actions for schools in the next few weeks.

The information on assessment for children working below Key Stage Standards for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 have been released. These are for use in 2018-19, so we have a little time to work out the details.

The new guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education was released on May 17th 2018. It will come into force on September 3rd 2018.

For details of the changes please visit my blog.

This new guidance was issued on December 14th. It has a lot in it that schools need to consider, with particular implications for DSL training. I am working on advice and a list of possible actions for schools which I hope to have online before Christmas. In the meantime here is a link to the guidance.