Theme 6: Crisis Planning

What does the Our Bravery Brought Justice report say?

(This is the report that was published following the North Wales Safeguarding Board's investigation into the former Headteacher's crimes (See full report)

• The school, where the former Headteacher abused pupils, had no emergency plan.
• It was unclear what needed to be done as the emergency related to the Headteacher.

• The police were not called straight away when one of the school's pupils was at risk. 
• The former Headteacher was not blocked from coming to school when staff found out about the crime.

What has already been done to improve things?

• A team within Cyngor Gwynedd has had a meeting to review the emergency plan.
• Conversations with key staff members to understand what went wrong on the day of the arrest and how to improve future arrangements.
• Review of existing information sharing arrangements for safeguarding and crisis planning to see whether they need to be strengthened  

What will happen between January 2026 and July 2026?

Cyngor Gwynedd will...

• Work with the Police to ensure that there are robust arrangements in place should an emergency safeguarding situation arise in the future.
• Prepare a training resource on how to respond to safeguarding emergencies.

 

What will Cyngor Gwynedd have achieved by February 2027?

• Staff will receive training on how to deal with safeguarding emergencies.

• The Council will work with different services and other local authorities through the Regional Emergency Planning Board.

Measuring impact

• The percentage of Council staff who have attended emergency planning training.
• Percentage of Gwynedd schools who have adopted the Emergency Management Policy.
• Number of satisfactory inspections of emergency plans on Council sites.

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