Agenda item

Report of the Safeguarding Lead, Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

The Board considered a report of the Safeguarding Lead of the Guildhall School which updated the Board on Safeguarding developments during the Academic Year 2014/15 particularly with regard to current Safeguarding arrangements including update on priorities for 2014/15, changes to the Policy and Procedures, training undertaken by the Safeguarding Lead, staff and governors, the number and type of incidents/cases reported, and priorities for 2015/16. The Board was also provided with information regarding efforts to achieve the NSPCC Kitemark for Safeguarding over the course of the next year.

The Safeguarding Governors and the Board as a whole complemented the School for the strong work which had been conducted in this area. The Board commented that the number of cases reported, despite their not being directly related to the School, indicated that students felt comfortable in approaching staff regarding extremely sensitive issues.

RESOLVED – That the Committee approves the revised Safeguarding Policy which was attached to the report at Appendix 1.