Early Years audit form 2023-2024

This form is for the LA maintained early years settings

Welcome to the 2023-2024 Safeguarding Audit. Please remember your responses are a reflection on the last academic year, not the current school year.

In order to complete this in more than one sitting, you will need to create a login using the email address held by the local authority (LA) - in this case it is the London Borough of Croydon. This will enable you to log in and out multiple times before submitting the audit. You need to complete full pages and save that page or data will be lost.

If you choose not to create a login, once you start the audit, you will need to complete it in one sitting.

Please direct any queries to Safeguarding.Audit@croydon.gov.uk

Contact information you submit at the start of the audit form

This information is only shared with colleagues within the Standards, Safeguarding and Inclusion service and is used as a primary contact in relation to safeguarding concerns, for example requests for information from MASH. Our privacy notice can be found at www.croydon.gov.uk

Action Plan

Each section has a space for actions and a completion date. This is for education providers to use, giving you an action plan to use, to implement any necessary improvements as a consequence of completing the audit.

RAG Ratings

This is a visual guide to support the Action Plan, enabling education providers to see easily which safeguarding practice areas require improvement. Please note that these RAG assessments are for your self-assessment and to help the CSCP and its partners prioritise any specific projects or training and development that may be required. RAG criteria ratings are below:

Red: There is significant work to be done to be compliant in this area 

Amber: There are some gaps which need to be addressed with actions added at the end of the section

Green: The school self-assesses as fully compliant with no further action needed

Question sets

A number of questions have changed from last year with some requiring narrative and others requiring a number or a RAG rating. Each of the sections consist with an area to note any actions that are required and for you to provide an overall RAG rating of your provision for that section using the drop-down arrow. Unless stated otherwise, the data, information and RAG assessments should relate to the period 1st September 2023 to 31st August 2024. Please note that these RAG assessments are for you to complete on behalf of your school, and also to help the CSCP and its partners prioritise any specific projects or training and development that may be required.