Safeguarding Policies

Our school Child Protection policy is currently under its annual review. – September 2018.
During this time our Child Protection policy will be followed in conjunction with statutory guidance in ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of our learners.

In relation to children and young people, safeguarding and promoting their welfare is defined in ‘Working together to safeguard children’ as:

protecting children from maltreatment
preventing impairment of children’s health or development
ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care
taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes

Safeguarding action may be needed to protect learners from:

neglect
physical, sexual or emotional abuse
bullying, including online bullying and prejudice-based bullying
racist, disability, homophobic or transphobic
abuse
gender-based violence, or violence against women and girls
radicalisation or extremist behaviour
child sexual exploitation and trafficking
the impact of new technologies on sexual behaviour, for example ‘sexting’ and accessing pornography
teenage relationship abuse
substance misuse
issues that may be specific to a local area or population, for example gang activity and
youth violence
domestic violence
female genital mutilation
forced marriage
fabricated or induced illness
poor parenting, particularly in relation to babies and young children
any other issues that pose a risk to children, young people and vulnerable adults

At Key Skills North East we are very clear, the welfare of our learners is paramount and we will offer early and additional help to prevent escalation.

Parents/Carers should be aware that Key Skills North East will take any reasonable action to ensure the safety of our learners.