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OAT Child Protection C19 Addendum 1st June
OAT Accessibility Policy and Plan
OAT Accident Incident and Near Miss Policy
OAT Admissions Policy Primary School
OAT Allegations of Abuse Against Staff Policy
OAT Behaviour for Learning Policy
OAT Behaviour for Learning policy C19 Addendum
OAT Child Protection & Safeguarding Policy
OAT Children Missing Education Policy
OAT Data Protection and Freedom of Information Policy
OAT Drugs Alcohol Tobacco policy
OAT eSafety and e-Security policy
OAT Health and Safety policy Dec 2020
OAT Keeping Children Safe in Education Policy
OAT Learning and Teaching Policy
OAT Looked After Children policy
OAT Personal Electronic Devices Policy
OAT Photography and Video Policy
OAT photography and video information and consent form
OHA RE RSE and HE Primary Academies
OAT Supporting Student Attendance
OAT Supporting Students With Medical Needs Policy
OAT Working Together to Safeguard Children
Staff and Pupil Privacy Notices:
OAT Privacy Notice for Primary Pupils
OAT Privacy Notice for Workforce
It is extremely important that when an allegation is made, the school or FE college makes every effort to maintain confidentiality and guard against unwanted publicity while an allegation is being investigated or considered. The Education Act 2011 introduced reporting restrictions preventing the publication of any material that may lead to the identification of a teacher who has been accused by, or on behalf of, a pupil from the same school (where that identification would identify the teacher as the subject of the allegation). The reporting restrictions apply until the point that the accused person is charged with an offence, or until the Secretary of State or the General Teaching Council for Wales publishes information about an investigation or decision in a disciplinary case arising from the allegation.
The reporting restrictions also cease to apply if the individual to whom the restrictions apply effectively waives their right to anonymity by going public themselves or by giving their written consent for another to do so or if a judge lifts restrictions in response to a request to do so. The provisions commence on 1 October 2012. The legislation imposing restrictions makes clear that “publication” of material that may lead to the identification of the teacher who is the subject of the allegation is prohibited. “Publication” includes “any speech, writing, relevant programme or other communication in whatever form, which is addressed to the public at large or any section of the public”. This means that a parent who, for example, published details of the allegation on a social networking site would be in breach of the reporting restrictions (if what was published could lead to the identification of the teacher by members of the public).
If there are questions that you have relating to a policy not yet posted, please, get in touch either by phone 01493 661355 or email office@ohacademy.co.uk