lege staff need to know 144 Annex B: Further information 149 Table of contents 149 3 Annex C: Role of the designated safeguarding lead 171 Deputy designated safeguarding leads 171 Availability 171 Manage referrals 172 Working with others 172 Information sharing and managing the child protection file 173 Raising awareness 174 Training, knowledge and skills 175 Providing support to staff 176 Understanding the views of children 176 Holding and sharing information 177 Annex D: Host families - homestay during exchange visits 178 School/college arranged homestay – suitability of adults in UK host families 178 Homestay – suitability of adults in host families abroad 179 During the visit 180 Additional action for extended homestays 180 Annex E: Statutory guidance - Regulated activity (children) - Supervision of activity with children which is regulated activity when unsupervised 181 Examples 182 Annex F: Table of changes from September 2024 version 184 4 Summary The status of this guidance This is statutory guidance from the Department for Education (‘the Department’) issued under Section 175 of the Education Act 2002 (as amended), the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014, the Non-Maintained Special Schools (England) Regulations 2015 and the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (as amended). Schools and colleges in England must have regard to it when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. For the purposes of this guidance children includes everyone under the age of 18. About this guidance We use the terms “must” and “should” throughout the guidance. We use the term “must” when the person in question is legally required to do something, and “should” when the advice set out should be followed unless ther