Religious Hatred Act (2006) 4.2 Describe how laws and codes of practice promote pupil well-being and achievement. All these laws influence the rights of individuals. Every early years‚ childcare and educational organisation needs to have policies and practices that put these laws into action: Codes of practice- Codes of practice provide guidance and rules on ways of implementing legislation and good behaviour. The purpose of the code should be to promote positive behaviour‚ so rules should
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Knowledge Children Act 2006 – Is an Act that defines the new duties imposed on the Local Authorities in respect to improving the Every Child Matters outcomes for pre-school children. The Act also defines new rules in relation to childcare for working parents as well as parental information services. It is aimed at improving the well-being of young children. It emphasises the importance of safeguarding children and young people within an educational setting. If a child discloses neglect or abuse; an
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4.1 (2) Summarise the laws and codes of practice affecting work in schools and explain how legislation affects how schools work. The UN Convention on the Rights of a Child 1989 – in 1989 the world leaders decided children needed a special convention just for them to give them special care and protection that adults do not need. All children up to the age of 18 have the rights in the convention. Some groups of children eg those living away from home or disabled children have additional rights
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Summarise the laws and codes of practice affecting work in schools There are a number of pieces of current legislation which govern the work in schools and although these are large in number it is important to recognise the key pieces of legislation and how these affect work in schools. The key pieces of legislation are listed below with a brief outline of how each piece affects work in schools: a) The Data Protection Act 1998 This Act sets out the guidelines in relation to how schools use and store
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• Children Act 2006 – Is an Act that defines the new duties imposed on the Local Authorities in respect to improving the Every Child Matters outcomes for pre-school children. The Act also defines new rules in relation to childcare for working parents as well as parental information services. It is aimed at improving the well-being of young children. It emphasises the importance of safeguarding children and young people within an educational setting. If a child discloses neglect or abuse; an establishment
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Working Together to Safeguard Children (2015). It is a guide for all professional who work with children and their families (doctors‚ social workers‚ school staff‚ etc)‚ which explains their roles and responsibilities on keeping children safe and gives support to know how to do it. Safeguarding on this text covers protect “children and young people from maltreat‚ enable them to have the best outcomes‚ prevent impairment on their
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There are a number of laws and codes of practice that affect work in schools. i. Data Protection Act 1998 – Regulates the process of information‚ i.e. use‚ obtain‚ hold and disclosure‚ relating to an individual. ii. Children Act 2004 – Places a statutory duty on key agencies e.g. schools to safeguard and promote the welfare of children iii. Childcare Act 2006 - Reforms and simplifies early years regulation and inspection arrangements. iv. Freedom of information Act – Public have a statutory right
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Introduction: Well-being at work Well-being is the state of being comfortable‚ healthy or happy (Oxford Dictionary 2014). And the relation of well-being with the work can be defined as‚ creating an environment to promote a state of contentment which allows employees to flourish and achieve their full potential for the benefit of themselves and their organisation (CIPD 2007). Furthermore‚ workplace well-being relates to all aspects of working life‚ from the quality and safety of the physical environment
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summary of the key laws and codes of practice affecting schools and how these may affect how a school works. The data protection act 1998 is an act that was passed by UK parliament that defines ways in which information may be legally used and handled that is about living people. The main aim of the act is to protect individuals against misuse or abuse of information about them. Because it is the law to protect information about people records that contain information about staff pupils and their families
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in place to protect everyone involved with the main aim to provide the best possible development and well being support to the children and young people in our charge. There are many Acts that schools have to comply with as a legal requirement but which also offer protection to everyone in the school environment‚ children‚ staff and visitors alike. This protection can mean the safety‚ well-being and protection of rights. These following Acts are always subject to change to reflect an ever changing
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