Issue - meetings

Consideration was given to the report of the Corporate Director Education.

The Corporate Director Education advised that the purpose of the report was to seek approval of the Blaenau Gwent Local Government Education Services Safeguarding Policy following its annual review. The Corporate Director spoke to the report and noted the updates which had been made to the Policy, as follows:-

·     Reference to Wales Safeguarding Procedures 2019, replacing previous reference to All Wales Child Protection Procedures 2008;

·     Inclusion of the Blaenau Gwent Youth Service safeguarding policy in appendix 3 of the policy;

·     Inclusion of the safeguarding data collection protocol; and,

·     Inclusion of a COVID-19 annex to reflect the current situation and reinforce the procedures for reporting concerns. This appendix can be updated regularly as the emergency situation develops and changes.

RESOLVED that the report be accepted and Option 1 be approved prior to the Education Directorate Safeguarding Policy being distributed to schools.