NSPCC: Safeguarding during coronavirus: school governors and trustees

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Produced in partnership with NSPCC learning, this resource has been created for school governors and trustees to help them to consider safeguarding impacts of COVID-19.

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Schools across the UK are having to adapt to new ways of working due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. During this challenging time, it’s important that safeguarding and child protection remains a crucial part of schools’ work. Governors and academy trustees have a key role to play in making sure their school is continuing to put robust safeguarding and child protection procedures in place.

This involves:

  • acting as a ‘critical friend’ to the school’s leadership team and talking through decisions
  • checking how the school is safeguarding children and young people during the pandemic
  • approving policy changes at short notice
  • asking safeguarding leads about any challenges they are facing
  • finding out what support the school needs to be able to keep children safe.

The resource is available on the NSPCC learning website. 

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