KCSiE – Assurance Declaration

This process is not to make a judgement on the settings safeguarding arrangements but to seek assurances from the setting on their understanding of their safeguarding duties and responsibilities. OFSTED have the duty to make a judgement on settings safeguarding arrangements, those judgements will form part of the assurance process.

The Keeping Children Safe in Education Assurance Declaration becomes a statutory requirement and an integral part of the self-assessment and assurance of effective safeguarding practice for each setting under the GSCP’s Published arrangements. It should not be considered as a stand-alone tool but should be a live document and activity routinely reviewed by the Governing Body, Board of Trustees, Management Committee and/or Proprietor and therefore should feature in all settings reporting and internal self-assessment and governance processes.

To access the new Assurance Declaration, please visit https://review.ghll.org.uk/ (see section headed Safeguarding).

For ease of completion, for Traded Service Schools, GSEP have created the attached toolkit to assist you in completing the Assurance Declaration. For this resource please email gsep@gloucestershire.gov.uk