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The Education Strategy Director to be heard.

Members agreed to vary the order of items on the agenda so that Item 20 – Safeguarding was considered next.

The Education Strategy Director was heard regarding the issue of safeguarding. He noted that the City of London Corporation had provided safeguarding training to all governors recently. Issues such as knife crime and self-harm were high on the current safeguarding agenda in City Schools.

In response to a question, the Director of Community and Children’s Services replied that the City was able to utilise national statistics and statistics from the London Safeguarding Board when reviewing safeguarding issues, including PREVENT.