Safeguarding
We seek to develop and improve our safeguarding policies and procedures continuously. We encourage an ‘open culture’ where any concern can be raised, however small it may seem, and where all members of the College community contribute to effective safeguarding practices.
The Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy is reviewed annually, in line with key statutory guidance, primarily Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
The College works with the Wiltshire Safeguarding Vulnerable People Partnership, and other external statutory agencies, including attending meetings of the Wiltshire Safeguarding Forum. The College contributes to an annual schools’ safeguarding audit carried out by Wiltshire Council. The Council has oversight of the College’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy at its annual Michaelmas Term meeting. In the Lent Term each year, an audit is conducted on how the policy works in action by the member of Council with responsibility for safeguarding, and the results of this assessment are reported to the Council meeting in March.
Any deficiencies or weakness in the College’s child protection arrangements, which the College becomes aware of via any means, will be remedied without delay.
Further information is included in our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.
