This page has information and guidance to help Derby schools, colleges and education providers in their vital work to keep children safe.
For information about what is an allegation and what to do if an allegations is made against anyone working or volunteering with children, see the Allegations page.
Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (DDSCP) facilitates an email safeguarding update service for Derby schools staff who have key responsibility for safeguarding and child protection; this includes Headteachers, Principals, Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL's), their deputies and School Business Managers. The service has been set up to help Derby education establishments keep up to date with local and national safeguarding developments.
If you wish to register for this service, please email ddscp@derby.gov.uk.
The Education Hub is a subgroup of the DDSCP. Membership is made up of Derby schools, colleges and education providers, who meet on a termly basis with input from the DDSCP and staff from Derby City Council. The group's aims are to improve safeguarding practice across Derby education establishments.
If you would like more information about the Education Hub or have responsibility for safeguarding in your establishment and would like to join in with the work of the Education Hub, please email ddscp@derby.gov.uk.
The Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership carried out case reviews to understand the lived experiences of nine school aged children and their siblings. The DDSCP Safeguarding Briefing for School Age Children sets out key learning areas from the experiences of these children and young people to help all professionals in their day to day practice.
(Published January 2022)
The Education Hub have developed and updated an (2021) for use by Derby education providers. The template must be adapted to suit the individual setting.
The Safeguarding Children Audit Tool for Schools and Colleges (2021) has been fully refreshed and updated to incorporate requirements from Keeping Children Safe in Education (Sept 2021), Ofsted and local safeguarding procedures.
The tool has been developed to support educational establishments to review their safeguarding activity and planning. It will also help schools provide evidence of their safeguarding processes and practice for Ofsted inspection.
Derby schools and colleges are expected to complete the annual safeguarding audit for the academic year 2021-2022 and provide assurance of completion to the DDSCP by 30th June 2022 at the latest.
The has been developed to assist settings in establishing and maintaining record keeping systems that support effective safeguarding practice.
The has been developed to aid effective, secure and timely transfer of child protection records to the new education provider.
The Multi-Agency Training Pathway (2020) document provides advice about local training options to support Headteachers, Designated Safeguarding Leads, Principals and Governors to be able to identify the most appropriate training for their staff.
Education establishments may wish to source an external training provider for their setting. To support organisations the Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership have a training validation scheme to quality assure materials and delivery of safeguarding children training providers. This is to ensure that national safeguarding training standards are met. Providers who apply to the scheme and meet standards are included on the DDSCP approved provider list.
Derby City Public Heath have developed an exemplar policy based on national guidance to support schools with management of drug related incidents. A has also been developed to aid schools effectively manage incidents.
Public Health England have also published a Dealing with a 'Mamba' overdose poster.
Alright Charlie? is a gender neutral CSE resource for use with pupils in Years 5 and 6 (ages 9 to 11). The resources include guidance for professionals, a workbook for pupils, a film and an accompanying poster.
The resources can be downloaded for free from Basis. The link to the Alright Charlie? film is located on the Basis website and YouTube; a BSL version is also avaliable.
If you become aware that a school may be unregistered please see .
A DDSCP Briefing Note: professional visitors to schools has been published to support schools in their roles and responsibilities in respect of providing access to children for assessment and the checks required on professional visitors to schools.
There are webpages and links to a large variety of topics that may assist education settings.
Of particular relevance are the inclusion of materials on the following pages of the website that can be used with children and young people: