Child Safeguarding Risk Assessment

Written Assessment of Risk of Faithlegg N.S.

In accordance with section 11 of the Children First Act 2015 and with the requirements of Chapter 8 of the Child Protection Procedures for Primary and Post-Primary Schools 2017, the following is the Written Risk Assessment of Faithlegg N.S.

1. List of school activities

1. Training of school personnel in Child Protection matters Risk level High

2. One to one teaching Risk level Medium

3. Care of children with special needs, including intimate care needs Administration of medicines

Risk level High

4. Toilet areas Risk level High

5. Curricular provision in respect of SPHE, RSE and Stay Safe Risk level Medium

– LGBT Children/Pupils perceived to be LGBT, Members of the Traveller Community, Pupils of minority religious faiths

Risk level Low

6. Recruitment of new staff Risk level Medium

7. Managing of challenging behaviour amongst pupils, including appropriate use of restraint where needed

Risk level High

8. Sports Coaches Risk level Medium

9. Students participating in work experience Risk level Low

10. Volunteers/Parents Risk level Medium

11. Use of information & communication technology by pupils in schools Risk level Medium

12. Ancillary Staff Risk level Medium

13. Unscheduled visitors Risk level High

14. After school training and activities Risk level Medium

15. Swimming lessons Risk level High

16. School tours/Class events/trips/matches Risk level High

17. Daily arrival and dismissal of pupils Risk level High

18. Classroom teaching Risk level Low

19. Special Needs Assistants Risk level High

20. Lunchtime breaks on yard Risk level High

21. Participation by pupils in religious ceremonies external to the school Risk level High

22. Use of external personnel to supplement curriculum Risk level Medium

23. Student teachers undertaking training placement in school Risk level Medium

24. After school use of school premises by other organisations Risk level High

25. Flight risk Risk level High

26. Annual Sports Day Risk level High

27. Use of video/photography/other media to record school events Risk level High

2. The school has identified the following risk of harm in respect of its activities –

  1. 1)  Harm not recognised or reported promptly by school personnel
  2. 2)  Risk of harm in one-to-one teaching
  3. 3)  Risk of harm to children with SEN who have particular vulnerabilities

– Risk of harm to a child while a child is receiving intimate care

  1. 4)  Inappropriate behaviour
  2. 5)  Non-teaching of same

– Bullying

  1. 6)  Harm not recognised or properly or promptly reported
  2. 7)  Injury to pupils & staff
  3. 8)  Risk of child being harmed in the school by volunteer or visitor to the school
  4. 9)  Risk of child being harmed in the school by volunteer or visitor to the school
  5. 10)  Risk of child being harmed in the school by volunteer or visitor to the school
  6. 11)  Bullying
    • –  Risk of harm due to children inappropriately accessing/using computers, social media, phones and other devices while at school
    • –  Risk of harm caused by member of school personnel communicating with pupils in inappropriate manner via social media, texting, digital device or other manner
  7. 12)  Risk of child being harmed in the school by a member of school personnel
  8. 13)  Risk of child being harmed in the school by volunteer or visitor to the school
  9. 14)  Risk of child being harmed in the school by a member of school personnel
  • –  Risk of harm due to inadequate supervision of children while attending out of schoolactivities
  • –  Risk of child being harmed by a member of school personnel, a member of staff ofanother organisation or other person while child participating in out of school activities

15) Risk of harm due to inadequate supervision of children while attending out of school

activities
– Risk of child being harmed by a member of school personnel, a member of staff of

another organisation or other person while child participating in out of school activities 16) Risk of harm due to inadequate supervision of children while attending out of school

activities
– Risk of child being harmed by a member of school personnel, a member of staff of

another organisation or other person while child participating in out of school activities 17) Risk of child being harmed in the school by a member of school personnel

  • –  Risk of harm due to inadequate supervision of children in school
  • –  Risk of child being harmed in the school by volunteer or visitor to the school
  1. 18)  Risk of child being harmed in the school by a member of school personnel
  2. 19)  Risk of child being harmed in the school by a member of school personnel
  • –  Risk of harm not being recognised by school personnel
  • –  Risk of harm not being reported properly and promptly by school personnel
  • –  Risk of harm to children with SEN who have particular vulnerabilities

20) Risk of child being harmed in the school by a member of school personnel

  • –  Risk of harm due to inadequate supervision of children
  • –  Bullying

21) Risk of harm due to inadequate supervision of children
– Risk of harm due to inadequate supervision of children while attending out of school

activities

  1. 22)  Risk of child being harmed in the school by volunteer or visitor to the school
  2. 23)  Risk of harm not being recognised by school personnel
  • –  Risk of harm not being reported properly and promptly by school personnel
  • –  Risk of harm due to inadequate supervision of children
  • –  Risk of child being harmed in the school by a member of school personnel

24) Risk of harm due to inadequate supervision of children

  • –  Risk of child being harmed in the school by volunteer or visitor to the school
  • –  Risk of harm due to inappropriate relationship/communications between child andanother child or adult
  1. 25)  Risk of harm due to inadequate supervision of child
  2. 26)  Risk of harm due to inadequate supervision of children

– Risk of child being harmed in the school by volunteer or visitor to the school

– Bullying
27) Risk of child being recorded against parent’s wishes

  • –  Risk of harm not being recognised by school personnel
  • –  Risk of child being harmed by a visitor to the school

3. The school has the following procedures in place to address the risks of harm identified in this assessment –

Child Safeguarding Statement & DES procedures made available to all staff

  • –  DLP and DDLP to attend PDST face to face training. All staff to view Tusla and PDST training module
  • –  BOM records all records of staff and board training 2) Open doors
  • –  Table between teacher and pupil
  • –  Glass in window 3) Vetting procedures
  • –  Child Safeguarding Statement
  • –  Policies and procedures in place
  • –  Policy on administration of medicines to pupils4) Usage and supervision policy
    5) School implements SPHE, RSE, Stay Safe in full

– Anti-Bullying Policy, Code of Behaviour
6) Child Safeguarding Statement & DES procedures made available to all staff

– Staff to view Tusla training module online & any other online training offered by PDST 7) Health & Safety Policy

  • –  Code of Behaviour
  • –  Procedures in place 8) Vetting procedures

– Teacher present at all times during coaching and coaches never left one to one with a child 9) Child Safeguarding Statement

  • –  Vetting procedures
  • –  Pupils never left one to one with student on work experience-teacher present at all times 10) Vetting procedures
  • –  Child Safeguarding Statement
  • –  Teacher present at all times 11) ICT policy
  • –  Anti-Bullying Policy
  • –  Code of Behaviour 12) Vetting procedures
  • –  Child Safeguarding Statement
  • –  Open doors
  • –  Glass in doors
  • –  Pupils never left one to one13) Front door locked at all times during school day
  • –  Side gate to staff car parked closed during school day
  • –  Children not to be collected by an adult unknown to them or the teacher withoutchecking with parents/guardians first. 14) Vetting procedures
  • –  Child Safeguarding Statement
  • –  Teacher present at all times, pupils never left alone with instructor/coach
  • –  Side gate to staff car park closed
  • –  Front door of school locked15) Vetting procedures
  • –  Teacher and staff supervision at all times
  • –  Make sure changing rooms are specifically booked for school use only
  • –  Supervise children on bus to and from lessons
  • –  Code of behaviour
  • –  Swimming policy16) Vetting procedures
  • –  Teacher and staff supervision at all times
  • –  Supervise children on bus to and from venue
  • –  Pupils never left alone or on one to one basis with instructors
  • –  Code of behaviour17) Supervision provided by Principal and teaching staff prior to beginning of lessons and at end of day
  • –  Open doors
  • –  Glass in doors
  • –  Teachers, where possible, never left one to one with pupil18) Vetting procedure
  • –  Child Safeguarding Statement
  • –  Glass in doors
  • –  Teacher never left one to one with pupil in isolated area where possible19) Vetting procedures

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Child Safeguarding Statement
Procedures in place
Restraint policy
SNA and child never left alone in an isolated area Glass in door

Open door

20) The
children during breaks

school has yard/playground supervision procedures to ensure appropriate supervision of

  • –  Anti-bullying policy
  • –  Code of behaviour
    21) Child safeguarding Statement

– Teacher, Principal/Vice Principal to attend 22) Vetting procedures

  • –  Child Safeguarding Statement
  • –  Teacher to be present at all times
  • –  Glass in doors
  • –  No child left one-to-one with external personnel 23) Vetting procedures
  • –  Child Safeguarding Statement
  • –  Teacher present at all times
  • –  No child left one-to-one with student teacher24) Vetting procedures

– Child safeguarding Statement
25) Front door locked at all times during school day

  • –  Front door supervised in morning prior to beginning of school day
  • –  Side gate to staff car parked closed during school day 26) Vetting procedures
  • –  Teacher present at all times
  • –  No child left isolated one-to-one with teacher or volunteer
  • –  Code of Behaviour
  • –  Anti-bullying policy27)Procedure in place with regard to recording of shows.
  • –  Child Safeguarding Statement
  • –  Staff supervision

Important Note: It should be noted that risk in the context of this risk assessment is the risk of “harm” as defined in the Children First Act 2015 and not general health and safety risk. The definition

of harm is set out in Chapter 4 of the Child Protection Procedures for Primary and Post- Primary Schools 2017

In undertaking this risk assessment, the board of management has endeavoured to identify as far as possible the risks of harm that are relevant to this school and to ensure that adequate procedures are in place to manage all risks identified. While it is not possible to foresee and remove all risk of harm, the school has in place the procedures listed in this risk assessment to manage and reduce risk to the greatest possible extent.

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