This page is intended to provide resources for education settings in Torbay to help keep their children safe. It will be regularly updated with relevant news and documents as they are published.
Operation Encompass is the reporting to schools before 9am on a school day when a child or young person has been involved or exposed to a domestic abuse incident the previous evening.
For further information please follow the following link:
Following a public consultation launched in December 2020 and an Ofsted Review into sexual abuse in schools and colleges the Department for Education has published a new strengthened version of its guidance, Keeping Children Safe in Education
Torbay Safeguarding Partnership have published guidance for Education for managing allegations and reporting to the LADO (Local Authority Designated Officer). Here is the link: Managing allegations against working with adults
Transition Document Post 16
For use in Year 6 / Year 7 transition
Transition Protocol
Transition Letter to Accompany Transition Protocol
Early Years transition
This letter provides Schools and Academies with confirmation that Torbay Children's Services have in place Safeguarding Policies and Practices to ensure all the relevant pre-recruitment and safeguarding checks are carried out on all staff who visit schools, and/or have unsupervised access to schools
This guidance is for early years settings, schools maintained by the Local Authority, free schools, academies, independent schools, sixth forms, and further education colleges
Effective from September 2024
Effective from September 2024
Torbay Educational Neglect Protocol August 2023
Briefing for Early Years following C80 Child Safeguarding Practice Review
Template policy for schools
Template policy for schools
Use this form to report racist incidents to the Local Authority
Click onto the links below for National Guidance documents;
Devon and Cornwall Police have created a DCD Hub website for professionals working with children and young people. The website is updated with news, publications, e-learning, events, podcasts, videos and links to support safeguarding children and young people. The information section has a host of information including a uniform database, trauma informed, when to report school incidents to the police, and online safety to name a few.
The website and newsletter sign-up can be found here: Information – DCD Hub
