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Children’s Act 2014

Child protection policies

18: School boards to adopt and require child protection policies

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"Schools must have a plan to keep kids safe"

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Every school board must adopt a child protection policy as soon as possible after this law starts. You can find a copy of the policy on the school's website or at the school if you ask. The school board must make sure that anyone they hire to work with children also has a child protection policy. The school board thinks about who is a provider of children's services when they decide if someone needs a child protection policy. The school board must review their child protection policy every three years to check it is still working well, this is done under section 2(2) or (3).

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Part 2Child protection policies

18School boards to adopt and require child protection policies

  1. Every school board must—

  2. adopt, as soon as is practicable after the commencement (under section 2(2) or (3)) of this section, a child protection policy; and
    1. ensure that a copy of the policy is available on the Internet site (if any) maintained by or on behalf of the board or is available on school premises if requested; and
      1. ensure that every contract, or funding arrangement, that after that commencement the board enters into with an independent person requires the person as soon as is practicable to adopt (and to review in accordance with paragraph (d)) a child protection policy if, in the opinion of the board,—
        1. the person is or becomes a provider of children's services; and
          1. some or all of the contract or arrangement is about providing children's services; and
          2. review the policy within 3 years of the date of its first adoption, or of its most recent review, under this section.