To ask a schools safeguarding policy

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Exactly what the thread says, if a primary school had concerns over a child, what would their plan of action be?

Check their website which will have their policy. Google is your friend.

Yes, there policy must be in their website. I am pretty sure it would be statutory information.

Isn't it on their website? Usually schools have them published and available in the 'key info' or 'info for parents' section

Their, even!

Right thank you, sorry I had no idea as this isn't regarding me personally but it does say on the website yes.

However the information doesn't match up to the situation, it states referrals to SS & Police, but the referral the school has made wasn't for either of these.

The DfE require schools to publish some of their policies on their school website, including the Safeguarding Policy, and to provide it in hard copy or accessible formats on request.

If you believe that the school has acted differently to their published policy it could be challenged on that basis.

If it is about staff it may go to LADO? I know less about this though

They would contact the multi agency safeguarding hub. Any relevant info would be relayed and then the relevant professionals would decide what to do next. Police and social services may be involved if deemed appropriate. All concerns would be logged.

What is the safeguarding issue?

Is it to something called the MASH? Thats the multi agency safeguarding hub.

I do feel they've acted differently.

Would any concerns school would of had, of been mentioned to parents beforehand?

Say you have an issue with headlice, should the school not contact parents first?

I obviously do not mean if child is going to school all bruised up, but I mean for other things, like above.

Not all situations require referral to SS or police

The issue is head lice & " social development "

Nothing to do with abuse.

Depends what the concern is.

I hate these oblique threads.

It's not straight to Social Services and do not pass go.

There are thresholds.

School have contacted mentioned persons GP surgery? I've never heard of school contacting GP before especially regarding headlice and social development, I would of thought these are things that would of been bought up to parent first.

Neither of those would merit a MASH referral.

@thatsjustthewayitisok

I have posted the reasons for the questions, there's no confirmation it's definitely a safeguarding issue, but my thought Is if it wasn't then why not go to the parents first.

I be very surprised if a school has made a safeguarding referral simply due to headlice.
Maybe if it was part of a wider picture of possible neglect.

School shouldn’t be contacting the GP. That could be a breech of GDPR.

@Smartiepants79

I did post above, I'm not 100% it IS a safeguarding report, but if it wasn't why would they not speak to parents first...

When you are reading their policy you are probably confusing a child protection issue (requiring referral to MASH) with a general safeguarding concern.

It should set this out in the policy. Usually parents would not be contacted about a Safeguarding concern before a referral was made. Obviously every case is different, but if school decided it was a Safeguarding concern then they would have to stick to their policy.

@imip

Do you have anymore information on this?

I was surprised too, as I'd not heard of it before and I'm pretty old.

School have sent GP a letter/email advising child needs to be seen.

@thatsjustthewayitisok

You could 100% be right it's pretty late right now so I'll double check in the AM