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00:00Hello, my name is Amber Allitt, and I'm a journalist specializing in education.
00:05Ofsted inspectors look at a range of different things when they're evaluating a school,
00:09but perhaps one of the most important is safeguarding.
00:12Now this may sound like a pretty tricky thing to inspect, especially if the school hasn't
00:16had any actual issues come up.
00:19Here are three of the things that inspectors actually do to check for strong safeguarding
00:23policies to protect vulnerable young people.
00:27First is the school's single central record.
00:30This is a very important document that contains all of the pre-employment checks that have
00:34been done on school staff to make sure that they can work with children.
00:38Ofsted says that unfortunately some predatory people do try to join the staff of schools,
00:43and this is one of the mechanisms that helps to stop them.
00:47Inspectors will also meet with the school's designated safeguarding lead.
00:51They'll talk about any incidents that have come up, how the school handled them, and
00:55what the outcome was, to make sure that proper procedures are being followed.
01:00They'll also check how staff are being trained to recognize signs of neglect or abuse so
01:04that kids can get the help that they need as soon as possible.
01:08Finally, inspectors will actually speak to some pupils.
01:12They will ask if they feel that there are people at the school that they can talk to
01:15if they're worried about something, who that they believe will help them.
01:19Ofsted says this is done in an age-appropriate way, and they are careful not to jump to any
01:24conclusions based on what they've been told.