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Jun
Child Protection
CHILD PROTECTION
The Local Education Authority outlines procedures to be followed in the event of a teacher or any other adult in regular contact with children, suspecting possible child abuse.
These guidelines aim to protect all children, under the age of 18 years, against abuse and non-accidental injury. This abuse could be in the form of physical injury, emotional abuse, sexual abuse or severe neglect.
The local authority guidelines stipulate that anyone having concerns that a child may be suffering from abuse must:
- report the matter to the Designated Person (who is the Head Teacher)
- keep the matter confidential to as few people as possible
- make dated written notes on what has been noticed, said and done. These should then
be given to the Head Teacher, who will keep them in the child’s file.
The Head Teacher will then decide what action to take. If this happens, the Social Services Department and the Policies have a duty to investigate and school staff have a responsibility to co-operate with any investigation.
All staff, governors and volunteers at Leicester Islamic Academy are given information relating to these procedures and have received training and have CRB Disclosures.
