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Reminder about Audit of School Safeguarding Practices 2024-2025
A reminder that Children's Services is undertaking a whole system audit of school and college safeguarding practices, in line with statutory guidance, with a school submission deadline of 11 July 2025.
Invitation to the Fire Safety in Schools webinar
Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service is pleased to invite all schools to their Fire Safety in Schools webinar on 10 July.
Know The Signs: Resources tackling child exploitation
The Office for Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk have released new tackling child exploitation resources.
Reducing Youth Vaping: Webinar training & resources for Norfolk professionals
Professionals working with young people in Norfolk are invited to join a free online webinar focused on reducing youth vaping.
Experiences of Support for Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL) in Education survey
The British Psychological Society Safeguarding Advisory Group are inviting DSLs to take part in an online survey looking at Experiences of Support for Safeguarding in Education.
Pol-Ed - programme registration reminder and upcoming webinar
A reminder to register for Pol-Ed, which is free for all Norfolk education settings. It has been written by PSHE specialist teachers to be delivered by teachers and is quality assured by West Yorkshire Police for legal accuracy.
Pol-Ed: An introduction
In order to support our partners in education in keeping our children safe, Norfolk Constabulary have purchased access to the Pol-Ed Programme. Pol-Ed is completely FREE to all Norfolk education settings.
Amended Early Help Assessment and Plan forms and process has gone live
Following last year's review, the amended Early Help Assessment and Plan (EHAP) forms have now gone live alongside the new simple 4-step upload process.
Launch of Eastern Protect website, a police led resource to counter fraud and cyber threats
The aim of this police resource is to raise fraud and cyber crime awareness and provide expert advice to individuals and organisations across the Eastern Region.
Fire Safety webinar
Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service invites your school to a dedicated webinar on fire safety for educational premises, to enhance understanding of fire safety responsibilities and provide practical guidance tailored to schools.
Free ICT for Education conference - 9 May 2025
ICT for Education conferences are designed to inform and inspire the teaching of Computing and to encourage best practice in the use of ICT across the curriculum and throughout the school.
Protective Preparedness for Education Settings Webinar
The Department for Education (DfE) in partnership with the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) invite you to a webinar relevant to those working in education settings. The DfE Counter Terrorism Protect and Prepare Team will provide you with an overview and update on the proposed Protection of Premises Bill, also known as 'Martyn's Law', and its implications for the education sector. NaCTSO will also provide a briefing on how to consider terrorism protection and preparedness in your setting.
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