Safeguarding Update
Free Home Office Training: Prevent & FGM Information
A reminder for all governors, trustees and school staff that free e-learning training on Prevent is available from the Home Office via this link.
A further free online training resource on recognising and preventing female genital mutilation (FGM) is available via the Home Office website via this link.
Section 5B of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (as inserted by section 74 of the Serious Crime Act 2015) places a statutory duty upon teachers along with regulated health and social care professionals in England and Wales, to report to the police where they discover (either through disclosure by the victim or visual evidence) that FGM appears to have been carried out on a girl under 18.
Emergency Adrenaline Auto-Injectors (AAIs) – often known by the brand name ‘EpiPen’
From October 1st 2017, schools are allowed to buy spare adrenaline auto-injectors for use on children with serious allergies in emergencies, following a change in the law. Until now, AAIs could only be obtained on prescription and this could mean that there was no spare in school if the child forgot theirs.
There have been two serious cases over the last year where coroners said that delays in administering adrenaline 'may have' contributed to the deaths of children in school.
To reflect this change the Department of Health have issued guidance to schools.
Run, Hide, Tell: Terrorism advice for young people
Warwickshire Police are supporting the @TerrorismPolice campaign helping young people stay safe if caught in a weapons attack.
More information can be found here.