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The Legislation Regarding Safeguarding And Chid Protection

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The legislation regarding safeguarding and chid protection ensures that all the children are safe, secure and protected from any kind of potential harm which may affect their health or development.
Children in learning settings may come across various types of experiences like bullying, cyber-bullying, discrimination, etc. These types of experiences where perpetrator could also be a child or a group of children can disturb the process of learning. It also has long term effects on the child being bullied and the child/ group of children who are bullying.

‘Department for education advice preventing and tackling bullying (2013) ‘, advices that all the educational settings must prevent and respond to bullying.
The Education and Inspection Act 2006 states that school must have measures in place to prevent all forms of bullying and all these measures should be communicated to staff, children and parents.
Independent School Standard Regulations 2010 states that effective anti-bullying strategies must be drawn up and implemented by the Academy and Independent schools.
The Equality Act 2010 which replaces previous anti-discrimination laws with single act makes it unlawful to discriminate, harass or victimise any pupil in relation to admission, ways to provide education, exclusion of any pupil from benefit, facility or service or any other harm.
Safeguarding children and young people: The Children Act 1989 states that bullying incidents should be considered as a child protection

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