Governors Safeguarding Information & Questionnaire

As all governors share some responsibility for safeguarding then all governors should have some form of safeguarding training sufficient that they feel confident in their understanding of:
• Their role in safeguarding
• Compliance
• School policies and procedures in place and how these are implemented and monitored
• current issues both nationally and locally
• local safeguarding partnership arrangements
Name: 


A red asterisk (*) indicates required questions.

  1. Did you receive your copy of the updated guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2021)*
    Yes
    No


  1. Were there any sections in KCSIE that you would like further information on*
    Yes
    No


  1. If the answer to 2 was Yes, please say which sections


  1. Do you know who makes up the Safeguarding team in School and their roles?*
    Yes
    No


  1. If you had any safeguarding concerns who would you go to first?*


  1. Do you know which organisations make up the Safeguarding Partnership?*
    Yes
    No


  1. Do you feel the school’s policies and procedures have safeguarding as a key underlying theme.*
    Yes
    No


  1. If not please say which policies and procedures you feel do not do this.


  1. Do you think you are kept well informed on safeguarding matters*
    Yes
    No


  1. If the answer to question 9 was no please say why.


  1. Look back at the 11 key areas of safeguarding responsibility for governors and consider what knowledge you think you might need to understand where we are on these 11 points


    Do you feel confident in articulating the underlying issues in these areas with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident

    Safer recruitment checks & the Single Central Record
    *
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Do you feel confident in articulating the underlying issues in these areas with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Safeguarding Policy *
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Do you feel confident in articulating the underlying issues in these areas with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Safeguarding Leadership *
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Do you feel confident in articulating the underlying issues in these areas with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Allegations Against Staff*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Do you feel confident in articulating the underlying issues in these areas with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Staff Training *
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Do you feel confident in articulating the underlying issues in these areas with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Safeguarding Curriculum*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Do you feel confident in articulating the underlying issues in these areas with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Online Safety*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Do you feel confident in articulating the underlying issues in these areas with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Mental Health*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Do you feel confident in articulating the underlying issues in these areas with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Looked After Children*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Do you feel confident in articulating the underlying issues in these areas with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Site Safety*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Do you feel confident in articulating the underlying issues in these areas with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Whole School Approach to Safeguarding*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Look back at the 11 key areas of safeguarding responsibility for governors and consider what knowledge you think you might need to understand where we are on these 11 points

    Whether you feel confident in articulating how the School deals with these with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Safer Recruitment Checks and the Single Central Record
    *
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Whether you feel confident in articulating how the School deals with these with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Safeguarding Policy *
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Whether you feel confident in articulating how the School deals with these with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Safeguarding Leadership *
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Whether you feel confident in articulating how the School deals with these with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Allegations Against Staff*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Whether you feel confident in articulating how the School deals with these with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Staff Training*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Whether you feel confident in articulating how the School deals with these with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Safeguarding Curriculum *
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Whether you feel confident in articulating how the School deals with these with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Online Safety *
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Whether you feel confident in articulating how the School deals with these with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Mental Health*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Whether you feel confident in articulating how the School deals with these with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Looked After Children*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Whether you feel confident in articulating how the School deals with these with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Site Safety*
    1 2 3 4 5


  1. Whether you feel confident in articulating how the School deals with these with 1 being unsure and 5 being very confident :

    Whole School Approach to Safeguarding*
    1 2 3 4 5





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