This document contains information on what schools and colleges should do and sets out the legal duties with which schools and colleges must comply in order to keep children safe. It should be read alongside statutory guidance Working together to safeguard children, and departmental advice "What to do if you are worried a child is being abused- Advice for practitioners."
This statutory guidance should be read and followed by:
- governing bodies of maintained schools (including maintained nursery schools) and colleges
- proprietors of independent schools (including academies and free schools), alternative provision academies and non-maintained special schools
- management committees of pupil referral units (PRUs).
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