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Standards and Inspection
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 Demonstrating e-safety for Ofsted and inspection
The current insection framework has made Safeguarding central to providers responsibilities. The New CIF will have more exacting standards and there have ben significant changes to the legislation regarding Vetting & Barring that was to shape Safeguarding practice. An overview of What you need to Know about those changes can be found here.
Do the learners feel safe?
Learners should be involved in the processes that establish and monitor e-safety policy and procedure. They can even be involved in producing their own resources to ensure they understand and engage with e-responsibility as well as understand how to stay safe. Ask them regularly to feedback if they feel safe online and if they know what to do when an incident happens. Address any comments or concerns and respond with an updated learner induction. There is useful case study from Bridgwater College on Developing Learner Involvement Strategies on the Excellence Gateway. There are also some good examples of learners creating their own e-safety induction courses in FE and Specialist Colleges. Oaklands, Oakwood Court, and Royal Exeter Academy for Deaf and other providers.
How effectively does the provider promote the safeguarding of learners?
E-safety must be actively promoted, and built into the curriculum. Lesson plans and Schemes of Work should reflect e-safety. Policies should be linked to student AUP and student code; for example students are usually required to commit to playing an active role in promoting equality diversity and making learning successful for everyone - making derogatory comments about a class-mate online runs counter to this commitment and should attract the same sanctions.
Where is the evidence?
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The e-safety policy in action is demonstrated in incident logs: staff surveys, minutes of meetings, planning documents.
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There is evidence of monitoring, recording and reporting to SMT, and parents/carers etc and to Local Safeguarding Board & Local Authority.
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e-safety Audits can be seen to contribute to policy and practice development.
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There is evidence of active co-operation with Local Safeguarding Board and contribution to local /regional e-safety strategy.
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There is a regular review of internal practice and external support.
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Good practice examples are available to staff and learners.
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Learners are involved in developing procedures and monitoring practice.
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E-safety skills are discussed at appraisals and staff development meetings.
Ofsted produced a quick self-assessment tool on e-safety in the context of inspection for schools from Sept 2009. Providers are invited to assess their practice and gather evidence across their provision; Training, Assessment and standards, Teaching and Learning and Leadership and management. Suggested sources of evidence could be incident logs, meeting minutes, learner and staff surveys and the implementation plan or SAR.
Ofsted have also produced recent guidance on safeguarding best practice which is relevant to safe practices online. In the Strategic section of this web site there are links to resources for carrying out risk assessments and self-assessing e-safety practice as well as information about inspection requirements. The Excellence Gateway has a section on Safeguarding good practice that includes resources and case studies on e-safety.
Related Links
Ofsted: Safeguarding FAQs - These frequently asked questions (FAQs) aim to dispel many of the myths surrounding the inspection of safeguarding within the new inspection framework for schools and colleges, and learning and skills providers.
Ofsted: Self-evaluation and the SEF - This article outlines the new self-evaluation form (SEF) alongside the framework for inspection of schools.
Ofsted: The safe use of technologies report - This report, launched February 2010, presents the findings from a small-scale e-safety survey of 35 maintained schools in England. It evaluates the extent to which the schools taught pupils to adopt safe and responsible practices in using new technologies.
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