Education Sub-committee

To ensure that all children and young people aged between 0 and 19 within any educational or training setting remain safe.

Objectives

• To ensure that all education and training providers for children and young people aged 0-18 and the education related services that support children outside of these settings have suitable policies and procedures in place to safeguard a child’s well being. 

• To ensure good communication and awareness amongst education professionals of Gloucestershire’s corporate policies and practices as well as the practices and procedures maintained and managed by the GSCB on Child Protection and Children in Need.

• To take forward practices set out by the GSCB at local level and ensure that they are being implemented in all educational settings.

• To publicise National policies and cross agency child protection issues to promote awareness for all education professionals

• To work cooperatively with other agencies to establish and carry forward good practice and to identify areas of commonality to ensure the effective use of resources where possible.

• To oversee the regular audit and monitoring of the training needs of staff on Child Protection issues, to deliver training and to keep records of training undertaken.

• To act as a conduit to service providers and the GSCB by undertaking work requested by GSCB members pertaining to educational issues and reporting back progress made, any barriers to progress and issues arising.

• To ensure the development of consultation procedures with education providers, children, young people and families. 

• To implement our duty under section 175 of the Education Act 2002 -  ‘Duties of LEAs and Governing Bodies in relation to welfare of children’ by ensuring arrangements are in place to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

Minutes from 2008

Minutes from 2007

Meetings in 2009