QTS Safeguarding 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What does 'FGM' stand for in the context of safeguarding?
- Family Guidance Measures
- Female Genital Mutilation (Correct answer)
- Formal Grievance Management
- Focused Group Monitoring
Correct answer: Female Genital Mutilation
FGM stands for Female Genital Mutilation. Teachers have a mandatory reporting duty to the police if they discover that FGM has been carried out on a girl under 18.
Question 2: What is the 'Section 175' duty that applies to maintained schools?
- A duty to provide free school meals
- A duty to make arrangements for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children (Correct answer)
- A duty to teach religious education
- A duty to provide special educational needs support
Correct answer: A duty to make arrangements for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
Section 175 of the Education Act 2002 requires maintained schools and local authorities to make arrangements for ensuring their functions are exercised with a view to safeguarding and promoting child welfare.
Question 3: Which of the following best describes 'child-on-child abuse' as referenced in KCSIE?
- Only physical fighting between children
- Abuse that occurs between children, including bullying, sexual violence, and online abuse (Correct answer)
- Academic competition between pupils
- Children disagreeing during group work
Correct answer: Abuse that occurs between children, including bullying, sexual violence, and online abuse
Child-on-child abuse encompasses a range of behaviours including bullying (including cyberbullying), physical abuse, sexual violence and harassment, sexting, and initiation/hazing.
Question 4: Under KCSIE, what responsibility do ALL staff in a school have regarding safeguarding?
- Only the DSL is responsible for safeguarding
- All staff must be able to identify signs of abuse and know how to report concerns (Correct answer)
- Only teachers have safeguarding responsibilities
- Safeguarding is only relevant to pastoral staff
Correct answer: All staff must be able to identify signs of abuse and know how to report concerns
KCSIE makes clear that safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. All staff must be able to recognise indicators of abuse and neglect and know how to report their concerns.
Question 5: What does 'Operation Encompass' involve?
- A programme to improve school security
- Police informing schools before the start of the next school day when a child has been involved in a domestic abuse incident (Correct answer)
- A curriculum for teaching about online safety
- A mentoring programme for excluded pupils
Correct answer: Police informing schools before the start of the next school day when a child has been involved in a domestic abuse incident
Operation Encompass ensures that schools are informed by the police, usually before the start of the next school day, when a child has been involved in or affected by a domestic abuse incident.
Question 6: What is a 'Section 47 enquiry'?
- A school inspection by Ofsted
- A local authority investigation when there is reasonable cause to suspect a child is suffering or likely to suffer significant harm (Correct answer)
- A teacher's disciplinary hearing
- A request for educational records
Correct answer: A local authority investigation when there is reasonable cause to suspect a child is suffering or likely to suffer significant harm
Under Section 47 of the Children Act 1989, local authorities have a duty to investigate when they have reasonable cause to suspect a child is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm.
QTS Safeguarding 2
What does 'FGM' stand for in the context of safeguarding?