Recording Evidence

amongst all the varied skills you are expected to have it appears you must include recording evidence in a manner that supports a case and i fear that clause 77 of kcsie refers the problem was defined as follows “this challenge in recording keeping is in part due to the difference in the guidance set out in kcsie and the guidance given to social workers and police officers by the ministry of justice (moj) called achieving best evidence (abe) however, in many cases it would not be practical (or even appropriate) for schools to follow the detailed standards that investigation professionals are held to, for example, video recording the conversation with the child, so that ‘there is a verbatim account of what was said’ ” if there is differing advice, then firstly we must be aware of that and secondly decide which advice to follow, which in the case of education has to be kcsie the ofsted chief inspector commented '”we can be clear; we can take the really difficult tone, keeping children safe in education, which is an inch and a bit thick, and that is a difficult job every year it is updated if you are a standalone primary headteacher, you have to try to get through that every year even though it summarises what is different, it is still a big requirement” it is indeed