Safer School Partnerships Guidance
This guidance provides practical advice on what constitutes a Safer School Partnership (SSP), the benefits, and how to set up and maintain an SSP. It is for head teachers, school staff, school governors, police officers, local authorities, children's services and others professionally involved in keeping children and young people safe. It updates and replaces the ‘Mainstreaming SSPs' guidance, issued in 2006. The guidance applies only to England.
Title: Safer School Partnerships Guidance
Authors: Home Office and Department for Children, Schools and Families, with support from the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), Youth Justice Board (YJB) and National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA)
Number of pages: 41
Date published: March 2009
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As part of the Youth Crime Action Plan, Safer School Partnerships (SSPs) are being created around the country. SSPs are formal arrangements between schools and police to work together to keep young people safe, reduce crime and improve behaviour. As part of these arrangements, a police officer or police community support officer will work at a school or cluster of schools with pupils and staff.
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 an opportunity for all schools to promote and develop a safe climate of learning for pupils and staff.
Alongside the written guidance, a DVD is available with case study examples of the impact of SSPs in four schools.
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Last update: Thursday, October 29, 2009