Safeguarding Policies

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children (everyone under the age of 18) is defined in Keeping Children Safe in Education as:

Protecting children from maltreatment
Preventing impairment of children’s physical and mental health or development;
Ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care;
Taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.

Cornelius Vermuyden works in accordance with the following legislation and guidance:

Keeping Children Safe in Education (DfE, 2024)
Working Together (HMG, 2018)
Education Act (2002)
Effective Support for Children and Families in Essex (ESCB, 2017)
Counter-Terrorism and Security Act (HMG, 2015)
Serious Crime Act 2015 (Home Office, 2015)
Children and Social Work Act (2017)
Children Missing Education – statutory guidance for local authorities (DfE, 2016)
Sexual Offences Act (2003)
Education (Pupil Registration) Regulations 2006
Information sharing advice for safeguarding practitioners (HMG, 2018)
Data Protection Act (2018)
What to do if you're worried a child is being abused (HMG, 2015)
Searching, screening and confiscation (DfE, 2018)
Children Act (2004)
Preventing and Tackling Bullying (DfE, 2017)
Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (S. 74 - Serious Crime Act 2015)
Sexual violence and sexual harassment between children in schools and colleges (DfE, 2019)
Promoting positive emotional well-being and reducing the risk of suicide (ESCB, 2018)
Criminal Exploitation of Children and Vulnerable Adults – County Lines Guidance (home Office, 2018)
Teaching Online Safety in Schools (DfE, 2019)
Education Access Team CME/Home Education Policy and Practise (ECC, 2018)
Understanding and Supporting Behaviour – Safe Practice for Schools and Educational Settings (ESCB, 2020)