Safer School Partnerships guidance
This guidance provides advice on what constitutes a Safer School Partnership (SSP), the benefits, how to set up and maintain an SSP. The guidance applies only to England. It is for headteachers, school staff and governors, police officers, local authorities, children's services and others professionally involved in keeping children and young people safe. The guidance offers practical advice, with case studies of good practice. It updates and replaces the Mainstreaming SSPs guidance, issued in 2006.
SSPs can benefit all schools and they should be the norm, not the exception. They are not indicative of a school with problems, but provide and opportunity for all schools to promote and develop a safe climate of learning for pupils and staff.
Contents
- Ministerial foreword
- What is an SSP?
- The benefits of SSPs
- How to set up an SSP
- Sustaining the partnership
- Further information
- Case studies
Download a Word or PDF version of the Safer School Partnership guidance.
Watch the SSPs DVD, shown below, which illustrates the
benefits of the programme in different environments, with case study examples
of the impact of SSPs in four schools.
A DVD with case study examples of the impact of SSPs in four different schools is available here (ref: 00219-2009dvd-en.)
Published: 21 May 2009
