The Safeguarding Code – Reporting Safeguarding Concerns and Allegations contains guidance on this Reporting Safeguarding Concerns and Allegations | The Church of England
Section 1 of that guidance has detail around referring to statutory agencies:
Section 1: What to do on receipt of a safeguarding concern or allegation | The Church of England
This is underpinned by further statutory guidance:
- Working together to safeguard children 2023: statutory guidance
- Data Protection Act 2018
- Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)
- Care and support statutory guidance - GOV.UK
Please also see guidance on responding to a disclosure.