At Forge Valley School we take our safeguarding responsibilities very seriously.  

Section 157 of the Education Act 2002 places a statutory responsibility on the school to protect and promote the welfare of the children and young people in our care.

Two key pieces of guidance form the framework under which we promote the welfare of children in school as follows: 

• Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024
• Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023

In these documents, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined as:

• providing help and support to meet the needs of children as soon as problems emerge 
• protecting children from maltreatment, whether that is within or outside the home, including online 
• preventing the impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development 
• ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care
• taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.

‘Children’ includes everyone under the age of 18.

We are committed to working closely with parents and carers for the benefit of our pupils. We also work a range of professionals to support our pupils and their families to get the right help at the right time.

For more information, please see the below link.

Local Safeguarding Partnerships (LSPs) are local safeguarding meetings where partners come together across children, adult and community safety services to identify the safeguarding need of areas and look to address this need through partnership working. For more information about the arrangements in Sheffield please follow the following link. 

The Sheffield Directory provides information in one place about the local groups, activities and services in your area. For more information about the arrangements in Sheffield please follow the following link.