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Find out more about the legislative and professional background to ISIS, our online self-assessment and development resource to help schools improve children's safety and well-being.
Safeguarding within schools has rapidly evolved over the last twenty years. While the family is the arena in which children are most likely to experience abuse, schools are in a prime position to identify and support those who are being harmed and work with other agencies to stop it from happening. Schools also see the consequences of abuse as it impacts on relationships and children’s ability to learn and achieve.
Many schools address the needs of these children through aspects of the curriculum and a range of support strategies, to prevent further harm and help them to achieve their potential. Tragic events have rightly led to many legislative changes and further guidance documents being issued. Such documents include:
This represents only a sample of the legislation and guidance which is relevant to the area of safeguarding in education. For example, Safe to Learn is a developing suite of guidance documents on different types of bullying issues which need to be addressed in schools, and is regularly updated.
This provides a challenge to schools to keep up and the ISIS resource aims to support schools in this by providing clear and up to date safeguarding information. It supports staff by providing clear information on their duties, whilst also linking to further information and resources for professional development. Thus ensuring schools are fulfilling their safeguarding responsibilities.
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