Safety and Security on the London Grid for Learning

Ofsted (2009) says : A good school ‘integrates issues about safety and safeguarding into the curriculum so that pupils have a strong understanding of how to keep themselves safe. The school is pro-active in building on collaborative working with other key agencies to reduce the risk of harm to pupils.’

A school is inadequate if: ‘Safeguarding regulations and duties are not met. or Arrangements for safeguarding are not robust and there is no system to maintain and update them, or the systems that are in place are ineffective. or Pupils do not receive sufficient information, or support, to enable them to keep themselves safe. or There is little or unproductive involvement of key agencies. If the school is judged to be inadequate in this strand of the evaluation schedule, its overall effectiveness is likely to be judged to be inadequate’ Ofsted’s evaluation schedule of judgements for schools inspected under section five of the Education Act 2005, from September 2009 P age 51

 The E-Safety resources are:

• School / Settings - Policies & AUPs for SLT Use
• School / Settings - E-Safety Education Programme and Resources
• LSCB Policies
• RBC Policies
• Data Security
• Parents and Carers
  

Other Security Resources are:

• Equipment security

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Teachtoday provides information and advice for teachers, head teachers, governors and other members of the school workforce about the positive, responsible and safe use of new technologies. They're goal is to to provide a single place to answer some of the specific questions that you, as a teacher or other member of the school workforce, might have about these new systems.

Teachtoday was developed by some of the UK’s leading internet, social networking and mobile companies - many of whom are involved in the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) - in association with organisations including European Schoolnet, Becta, the teaching unions and the National Association of Head Teachers. 

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