Early Years and Schools Safeguarding Policies and Guidance
Below are policies and guidance relating to Early Years Settings and schools.
Multi-agency policies
To access the Child Protection Procedures, toolkits and guidance relevant to all agencies working with children and young people in Shropshire please access the West Midlands Child Protection Procedures via the Shropshire Safeguarding Community Partnership webpages. Key procedures to be particularly aware of include:
- The local criteria for action and assessment (the Shropshire thresholds document)
- Escalation Policy
- Managing allegations against staff/volunteers
Government Guidance
- Working together to safeguard children
- Keeping children safe in education
- Early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework
- Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006
- What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused: guide for practitioners
- Information sharing advice for safeguarding practitioners
Guidance on specific areas
Please also refer to the other links on this page to access guidance and information on specific areas.
Other Useful Links
- Safeguarding Definitions and Contacts — Shropshire Safeguarding Community Partnership
- West Midlands Safeguarding Child Protection Multi-Agency Procedures
- Shropshire Early Help Webpages
- NSPCC monthly safeguarding in education newsletter (sign up page)
Links to further resources
- Online Safety Policies and Guidance
- School Operation Encompass
- Early Years Operation Encompass
- Kcsie Childcare Disqualification Guidance 2023
A-Z of documents in this library
Category: C
- Childminders Safeguarding And Child Protection Policy 2023 Amended Feb 2024 (docx file, 221.1kb in size)
Category: E
- Early Years Attendance Guidance 2024 (docx file, 117.0kb in size)
- Early Years Safeguarding And Child Protection Policy 2023 Amended Feb 2024 (docx file, 232.1kb in size)
- Early Years Settings Safer Recruitment Policy Template August 2023 (docx file, 138.8kb in size)
Category: H
- Hate Related Incident Reporting Form Shropshire Schools ( file, 0.0Bytes in size)
Category: O
- OPERATION ENCOMPASS JOINT AGENCY PROTOCOL 2022 2023 SCHOOLS (docx file, 0.9mb in size)
- Operation Encompass Joint Agency Protocol 2022 2023 Schools (1) (docx file, 0.9mb in size)
- OPERATION ENCOMPASS SHROPSHIRE 2022 To 2023 EY (docx file, 2.9mb in size)
Category: S
- Schools Safeguarding And Child Protection Policy 2023 2024 WT 2023 Amended (docx file, 237.0kb in size)