Education Services

The local authority can provide a comprehensive audit of safeguarding policy and practice to schools.

This audit will be completed by up to 3 members of local authority staff who have specialism in safeguarding. The audit will include half a day preparation, 2 full days on school site and half a day to write up the findings. The days spent on school site will include audit of safeguarding documents, interviews with staff and pupils and audit of schools procedures and recording.

Schools will be provided with verbal feedback on the findings of the audit at the end of the second day of the audit. A completed written audit document, a summary report and a suggested action plan will be provided to the school following the audit completion.