Monday 20th July 2020
You will have seen the draft version of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2020, and I have produced a version with the changes highlighted (both on the EPHA website home page and/or safeguarding section).
https://essexprimaryheads.co.uk/files/keeping-children-safe-in-education-september-2020-changes-from-2019-highlighted.pdf
Part 1 is not available yet as a stand-alone document, but when it is I will highlight the changes and upload it on the EPHA website.
I have also updated the KCSiE quiz, including the answer sheet and the presentation, which you might find useful if you are doing a child protection/safeguarding update at the beginning of term.
In addition I have written a 7-minute staff meeting about the changes to KCSiE and I have updated all of the 7-minute staff meetings so that they reflect current guidance.
I have written two Covid-19 related staff meetings, which I hope you will find helpful. They focus on “Keeping safe in school” and “Pupil wellbeing” at the start of the autumn term.
https://essexprimaryheads.co.uk/info-and-documents/seven-minute-staff-meetings/
Last, but not least, you might have spotted in the recent Attendance Matters bulletin that the team was recommending that schools update their Attendance Policy with a statement about Covid-19. I have updated the EPHA Attendance model policy and have attached it here (and on the website https://essexprimaryheads.co.uk/info-and-documents/model-policies/ )
This has been agreed with Anita Patel-Lingham (Statutory Education Compliance Manager) and Jo Barclay. The only change is an additional paragraph at the beginning of the policy.
Pam Langmead