POLICIES
ANSS Equal Opportunities Policy
At the ANSS we take every care to treat each individual as
a person in their own right. We recognise that everyone has a personal
responsibility for the positive application of equal opportunities and that
equality of opportunity is fundamentally about fairness and respect. It is
achieved by ensuring that discriminatory behaviour, in any form, is not
tolerated.
We are totally committed to the principle of equal opportunities and to creating a working environment in which everyone is treated with dignity and respect, and which is free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation or harassment on the ground of:
We are totally committed to the principle of equal opportunities and to creating a working environment in which everyone is treated with dignity and respect, and which is free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation or harassment on the ground of:
- colour, race, nationality or ethnic origin
- sex, marital status or gender reassignment
- disability of any kind
- sexual orientation
- age
ANSS Safeguarding Policy
Objective
To contribute to the personal safety of all children/young people attending [name of school] by promoting child protection awareness, good practice and sound procedures in all aspects of safeguarding.
Policy statement
We at ANSS Ltd. believe that children/young people have the right to be treated equally and to learn in a safe and friendly environment.
This policy is based on the following principles:
To contribute to the personal safety of all children/young people attending [name of school] by promoting child protection awareness, good practice and sound procedures in all aspects of safeguarding.
Policy statement
We at ANSS Ltd. believe that children/young people have the right to be treated equally and to learn in a safe and friendly environment.
This policy is based on the following principles:
- the welfare of the child/young person is paramount
- all children/young people, whatever their age, culture, disability, gender, language, racial origin, religious beliefs and/or sexual identity, have the right to protection from abuse
- all suspicions and allegations of abuse will be taken seriously and responded to swiftly and appropriately
- staff/volunteers are trained to understand the nature of abuse and to be alert to matters of concern
- all staff/volunteers working in this complementary/supplementary school have a duty to safeguard children and young people
- all staff/volunteers in this complementary/supplementary school have a responsibility to report concerns to the designated person with responsibility for child protection at the school, and/or to the school’s co-ordinator
ANSS Child Protection Policy
The objective of the Child Protection Policy is to contribute to the personal safety of all
children/young people attending Supplementary Schools by promoting child protection awareness, good
practice and sound procedures. We believe that children/young people
have the right to be treated equally and to learn in a safe and friendly
environment.
This policy is based on the following principles:
This policy is based on the following principles:
- the
welfare of the child/young person is paramount
- all
children/young people, whatever their age, culture, disability, gender,
language, racial origin, religious beliefs and/or sexual identity, have the
right to protection from abuse
- all
suspicions and allegations of abuse will be taken seriously and responded to
swiftly and appropriately
- staff/volunteers
are trained to understand the nature of abuse and to be alert to matters of
concern
- all
staff/volunteers working in this complementary/supplementary school have a
responsibility to report concerns to the designated person with responsibility for child protection at the school, and/or to the school’s co-ordinator.
ANSS Health and Safety Policy
ANSS Ltd is
working towards a comprehensive Health and Safety Policy and is bound to abide
by the Health and Safety at Work Act. This lays down certain duties on all
staff and office volunteers.
The duties are to take care of their own safety and that of other staff, volunteers and visitors, and to co-operate with the trustee board and its officers to enable it to carry out its responsibilities. In particular, staff and office volunteers have a duty to:
The duties are to take care of their own safety and that of other staff, volunteers and visitors, and to co-operate with the trustee board and its officers to enable it to carry out its responsibilities. In particular, staff and office volunteers have a duty to:
- work safely, efficiently and without endangering the health and safety of themselves, their colleagues or any other person who has a right of access to the organisation’s premises at any time
- adhere to safety procedures laid down by ANSS Ltd and their mainstream schools, and conform to all instructions given by those with a responsibility for health and safety
- record
all accidents, near-miss occurrences and hazardous situations in the health and
safety/accident book and report them to the next committee meeting
- meet
their other statutory safety obligations, including that laid down in Section 8
of the Act, which states that ‘no person shall intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health, safety
or welfare in pursuance of any of the relevant statutory provisions’.