Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy

About this document

What it’s for

Your main written safeguarding policy and procedure. It covers the designated safeguarding lead, training, recognising abuse, responding to concerns, referrals, allegations against staff, whistleblowing, safer recruitment, online safety, Prevent and record keeping, with a contacts sheet, concern form and body map.

When to use it

As the safeguarding policy the EYFS requires every provider to have and implement
At induction and in regular safeguarding training and supervision
As evidence for Ofsted that safeguarding is effective

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

Policy statement
Purpose and scope
Legal and statutory framework
Definitions
Roles and responsibilities
The designated safeguarding lead
Safeguarding training
Recognising abuse, neglect and exploitation
Attendance and unexplained absence
Responding to a concern or disclosure
Recording concerns
Action by the DSL: referrals and early help
Information sharing and confidentiality
Allegations against staff, volunteers and others
Whistleblowing
Safer recruitment and ongoing suitability
Staff conduct, intimate care and supervision
Online safety, screens and devices
Prevent duty
Records, retention and transfer
Working with parents
Monitoring and review

Also included

If you operate outside England
Document control and sign-off
Appendix B – What to do if you are worried about a child
For DSL use
Staff confirmation of reading

How to complete it

Insert your setting details, DSL and deputy DSL
Complete Appendix A with your local safeguarding partnership, LADO and children’s social care contacts
Read your local safeguarding children partnership procedures and align timescales and forms
Approve, date, share with parents and have every adult sign the reading record

Key points to check

Your local partnership procedures take priority over this template
Childminders: you are your own DSL – adapt references to “the manager” and “staff”

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy

What it’s for

When to use it

What’s inside

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How to complete it

Key points to check

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