As per the learning from National Serious Case Reviews, children protection files should be forwarded to the receiving school/setting within five working days. The Child Protection file must be placed in a separate sealed envelope, addressed as Child Protection Record and marked Confidential - FAO Designated Safeguarding Lead. This file should be sent by special delivery or hand delivered to the receiving school/setting. The receiving setting/school should acknowledge the receipt of that file. (Records/details should be kept of this transfer i.e. name signatures dates of person taking responsibility of the records transferred). You may have your own procedures and forms to manage this, but the recommendation is to check against the set of forms for schools in the documents below to ensure robust practice. This guidance includes templates, guidance about record keeping, what should be contained in a in a child protection file, access to Child Protection Files and Information Sharing etc. See Derbyshire County Council’s Information Sharing Agreement, between the Local Authority and Derbyshire School’s and academies. Flowchart of when and how to share information
As per the learning from National Serious Case Reviews, children protection files should be forwarded to the receiving school/setting within five working days. The Child Protection file must be placed in a separate sealed envelope, addressed as Child Protection Record and marked Confidential - FAO Designated Safeguarding Lead. This file should be sent by special delivery or hand delivered to the receiving school/setting. The receiving setting/school should acknowledge the receipt of that file. (Records/details should be kept of this transfer i.e. name signatures dates of person taking responsibility of the records transferred). You may have your own procedures and forms to manage this, but the recommendation is to check against the set of forms for schools in the documents below to ensure robust practice. This guidance includes templates, guidance about record keeping, what should be contained in a in a child protection file, access to Child Protection Files and Information Sharing etc. See Derbyshire County Council’s Information Sharing Agreement, between the Local Authority and Derbyshire School’s and academies. Flowchart of when and how to share information
information-sharing-guidance-for-derbyshire-early-years-and-childcare-settings.docx