New guidance released by the Department for Education states that while all schools are required by law to have a child protection policy in place “it is likely that the policy will not accurately reflect new arrangements in response to Covid-19”.
However, schools have been told that writing an annex or addendum summarising any key changes made due to the outbreak of coronavirus, also known as Covid-19, “might be more effective than re-writing and re-issuing the whole policy.”
Revised policies must reflect certain key issues, the government has said, including updated advice from local authorities about children with education, health and care (EHC) plans or from children’s social care.
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