DE Provides CP Template Clarification
- Published: 18 November 2021
The DE has confirmed to IPPN that the requirement to use the revised Child Protection Mandatory Templates in relation to the Annual Review of the CSS, Risk Assessment and Checklist for the Review of the CSS and the Notification of BoM Review of the CSS has been suspended until 31 January 2022. From 31 January 2022 schools will be required to use the new mandatory template from the date of their next annual review.
The Inspectorate has been informed of PLU’s decision to provide a further lead in period. This means that a school will be found compliant with the following check ‘the Child Safeguarding Statement has been ratified by the Board and includes an annual review and a risk assessment’, once the Child Safeguarding Statement has been reviewed by the Board but is on the old mandatory template. Schools that reviewed their Child Safeguarding Statement and continued to use the old mandatory template will be expected to use the new mandatory template from the date of their next annual review.
The Revised Mandatory Templates contain several updates in addition to the amalgamation of two previous Mandatory Templates. All of these changes are clearly highlighted in the Revised IPPN Resource Bundle on Child Protection.
