A pupil's safety always comes first. Each partner has a responsibility to ensure each pupil is safe and protected when in their care.

A series of health, safety and child protection procedures must take place before a pupil can embark on the Young Apprenticeship programme. The lead partner is responsible for ensuring these procedures are completed. Below is a list of health and safety responsibilities.

Ensuring pupils are safe and protected

Partnerships must take responsibility for ensuring that health and safety requirements are met.

Partnerships must support employers on all issues relating to health and safety

Partnerships, as collective bodies, are responsible for ensuring safe, healthy and supportive learning environments are provided for the pupil at all times

Partnerships must discuss pupil health, safety, child protection and insurance matters thoroughly

Each partner must fully understand its duties and responsibilities and how they link with the duties and responsibilities of the other partners and the partnership as a whole

Each partner must have the capacity to fulfil duties and responsibilities

Each partner must have appropriate Service Level Agreements with other partners to clarify and support the fulfillment of duties and responsibilities

Each partner must feel 100% satisfied with the partneship's overall arrangements for safeguarding pupils

Each partner must designate a member of their organisation to, in conjunction with the partner school; take responsibility for pupil health, safety, child protection and insurance matter. It is their responsibility to ensure the partnership complies with the requirements and guidance of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and the Department for Education and Skills (DfES)

Safeguarding Pupils - LSC

CfA/NSPCC Child Protection Guidance