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The School Attendance, Exclusions and Community Learning Team includes Education Safeguarding and the role of the Lead Safeguarding Officer for Schools/Colleges which covers Hoyle Nursery, Schools, Colleges and Alternative Providers across the Bury landscape.

The Lead Officer for Safeguarding Schools/Colleges provides information, advice and guidance to schools/colleges (including Children’s Centres and extended services within schools) in dealing with safeguarding issues and ensuring that they are meeting their statutory duties by:

  • Assisting schools in making an effective contribution to planning co-ordinated services to meet the needs of children for safeguarding including involvement in the Bury Safeguarding Children's Partnership (BSCP) and its sub-groups.
  • Forming positive relationships with DSLs and holding DSL forums every half term,inviting multi-agency partnerships to provide IAG and support, as well as sharing good practice.• Providing Safeguarding and Child Protection training and DSL training.
  • Link school/college staff with the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO),Named Senior Officers, Senior Managers and staff of all BSCP constituent agencies; relevant BSCP subgroup(s); staff of Children’s Services; Police, Elected Members voluntary organisations, service users, families and carers.
  • Providing support and guidance, partnership working with other agencies,casework, legal issues and complaints.
  • To develop/strengthen links between Schools/Colleges, Social Care, Education and other partner agencies ensuring relevant information is shared taking into consideration data sharing policies to best safeguard children and young people.
  • To provide support and assistance to the Local Authority Designated Officer(LADO) in respect of in managing allegations/low level concerns with regards to professionals who come into contact with children and young people in schools/colleges/APs.
  • In order to address city-wide safeguarding needs effectively, the team takes a significant and active role on behalf of the Leeds Education sector on the following multi-agency panels and groups: Channel Panel; Multi Agency Child Exploitation (MACE); Domestic Abuse Forum; Local Authority Designated Officer(LADO) Forum; Vulnerable Children's Groups; and independent review panels as required e.g. Local Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews (previously known as Serious Case Reviews) and Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP).
  • The team works closely with Ofsted, The DfE, Safer Recruitment Consortium and CAPE - Child Protection in Education.• This close working takes place to ensure that up to date, high quality safeguarding advice, support and quality assurance is available to schools and other educational settings in Bury.

Supporting services

If a child is in immediate danger, you should contact the Police on 999. If you require the Police for a non urgent matter please dial 101.

As part of the Education Safeguarding Service, our team ensure that support is designed to make sure all children have access to education and that any barriers to learning are identified and removed. We are also able to help children and families identify and engage with support, where it is needed.

Education Safeguarding offers a range of high-quality services to support schools/colleges/academy trusts and Alternative Providers in meeting their statutory duties and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Backed by a team of experts, we ensure that all schools/colleges, trust leaders, staff, governors, and trustees have the tools they need to effectively safeguard every child and young person and to maintain a strong safeguarding culture within their setting.