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Policy and procedures
- Coronavirus addendum to your child protection policy: model UpdatedDownload and adapt our model addendum to keep your school community up to date on your approach to safeguarding as more pupils return.
- Coronavirus safeguarding guidance: what you need to do Here's what the DfE's new guidance on safeguarding during COVID-19 means for you. Plus, see a checklist of actions to take.
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Pupil wellbeing and mental health
- Coronavirus: addressing pupil anxiety Tips for staff to support younger children and links for older pupils to help keep on top of coronavirus-related worries.
- Coronavirus: supporting pupils through bereavement Bereavement during coronavirus presents a special set of challenges. Get expert advice on how best to communicate with and support pupils who are grieving in the age of social distancing.
- Coronavirus: supporting pupil transition to secondary UpdatedYou'll need to adapt your normal activities for secondary transition because of coronavirus. Download our checklist to find out how primaries and secondaries can work together to deliver a remote transition programme, and see what other schools are doing to get inspired.
- Coronavirus: supporting transition into reception The uncertainty of lockdown makes transition into reception scarier for families. Find out how you can ease these worries, and use our parent handout of activities they can do at home to help prepare their child for reception.
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Safeguarding different pupil groups
- Coronavirus: advice for parents about free school meals (FSM) Share our factsheet with parents so they know if their child is eligible for free school meals (FSM) while they're at home, and how to apply.
- Coronavirus: getting food to pupils on free school meals (FSM) Schools are expected to provide eligible pupils with free school meals when they're self-isolating or during school closure. Here’s what you need to do and how you can do it.
- Coronavirus: guidance for special schools and SENCOs UpdatedHere's a round-up of the latest advice and official guidance on supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) during coronavirus.
- Coronavirus: safeguarding children with social workers or on the edges of receiving support Know how to set up a contact plan for pupils with child protection plans, children in need, and pupils who you have safeguarding concerns about if they're not in school. See an example from a school that's already done this work.
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Safeguarding while teaching
- Remote learning: safeguarding pupils and staff Take these steps to build safeguarding into your remote learning set-up over digital education platforms and when using the phone to check in with pupils.