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Integrated Support Service (ISS)

ISS works with schools, colleges and other agencies to provide advice, guidance and support to ensure the needs of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) are met within an educational context.

Statutory Moderation and Assessment

This area of the service ensures that schools are aware of and can comply with the statutory assessment arrangements at each key stage. It also provides appropriate support and training for making accurate judgements.

School Effectiveness

The school Effectiveness service (school improvement element) consists of a small core group and a team of consultants, some of whom work up to 3 days a week in Slough:

School Services

Schools Services

Toolkits

The child criminal exploitation tool is for anyone who works with children, including those who work in the voluntary sector. If you are worried that a child may be being exploited, this tool gives you a list of indicators to help you work it out and take appropriate action. Often, children do not recognise themselves as victims, or that they are being groomed, and as a result disclosures of such abuse can be unlikely. Therefore, this indicator tool aids the identification of exploitation. The tool can be accessed here.

Safeguarding

The purpose of this policy statement is to provide a clear commitment from SBC in relation to the responsibilities it holds to safeguard and protect children and young people in Slough; and provide parents, staff and volunteers with the overarching principles that guide our approach to safeguarding children and young people. This policy statement applies to anyone working on behalf of SBC, including senior managers, elected Members, paid staff, volunteers, sessional workers, agency staff and students.

Slough School Improvement Board

The Slough School Improvement Board (SSIB) has been created to facilitate a robust and transparent school-led improvement system and to have an overview of standards, strengths and areas for development in the school system. It plays a key role in the risk evaluation assessment of schools and is comprised of council officers and headteachers .

Slough School Effectiveness Strategy

This Strategy is based on a strong partnership approach with key stakeholders across the Slough education community. It is about working together to strengthen schools and raise standards, particularly related to the needs of vulnerable groups. The emphasis is on collaboration and taking pre-emptive action to avoid the escalation of difficulties. The Local Authority will take a strategic overview, supporting and brokering early support for those in difficulty and championing a collaborative and positive approach which involves constructive challenge to drive along a path to all schools being good or outstanding.

PSHE Support

The Slough secondary school PSHE network was set up in response to a request from Slough Youth Parliament to try and bring a more co-ordinated approach to PSHE across the Slough schools, particularly in the face of upcoming changes to the curriculum in the area of Relationships and Sex Education.