Leading Safeguarding 2023 - London - Programme

Update your safeguarding strategy so it saves you time, develops your team, and boosts your confidence as a leader

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Hear from our Chair, Dai Durbridge, about the day:

Registration, refreshments and networking (08:30)

Welcome and housekeeping (09:15)

Chair's introduction and welcome (09:20)

Dai Durbridge, Partner, Browne Jacobson LLP 

What the IICSA recommendations mean for you (09:30)

Take away valuable insight into what recommendations and requirements you need to be acting on right now, and how to do so effectively.

Dai Durbridge, Partner, Browne Jacobson LLP

Deepen your three-year strategy (09:50)

Develop your strategy with vital tips and techniques to strengthen your planning and determine what to focus on in your unique setting.

Jon Needham, Director of Safeguarding, Oasis Community Learning

Create a safe culture (10:10)

Benefit from strategic whole-school approaches that enable rapid and sustainable change to promote safe environments.

Kay Hamilton, Partnerships Lead, Thrive

Questions and answers (10:30)

Morning refreshments, networking and exhibition (10:40 – 11:20)

Workshop choices (11:20 – 12:10)

1A. Low level concerns

Strengthen your responses to low level concerns with appropriate measures and clear next steps.

1B. Trust-level strategy

Drive safeguarding change in your trust with insight into procedures that you can enact immediately.

Marcella Gillespie, Safeguarding Director, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi-Academy Trust

1C. Record keeping and data use

Build consistency with recording language to improve the quality of written records and give your staff confidence.

Lunch, networking and exhibition (12:10 – 13:05)

Discussion: Improve the structure and strength of your safeguarding team (13:05)

Ensure that despite recruitment shortfalls, a high turnover and moving parts, you have a robust system in place.

Dai Durbridge, Partner, Browne Jacobson LLP
Marcella Gillespie, Safeguarding Director, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi-Academy Trust

Workshop choices (13:35 – 14:25)

2A. Student voice

Use student voice in your safeguarding provision to promote a culture that is both responsive and effective.

Jason Tait, DSL and Co-Founder, The Student Voice 

2B. Inspection readiness: Ofsted

Hear from a setting that has recently undergone inspection, and take away their top tips and learnings.

Sonya Elliott, DSL, Stoke Park School

2C. Inspection readiness: ISI

Understand what the Independent Schools Inspectorate are currently looking for, and what you can put in place to improve readiness.

Luke Ramsden, Senior Deputy Headmaster and Senior Safeguarding Lead, St Benedict's Ealing

Afternoon refreshments, networking and exhibition (14:25 – 14:45)

Workshop choices (14:45 – 15:35)

3A. Online safety

Unpack the correlation between online safety and emotional health and wellbeing, and what practical methods you can implement.

Ella Savell-Boss, Partner, Safeguarding Consultant and Trainer

3B. Sexual violence and harassment

Be sure of what your legal rights are in cases of sexual harassment or violence, and understand at what point to escalate to exclusion or the police.

Monica Bhogal, Director, The Schools Consent Project
Luke Ramsden, Senior Deputy Headmaster and Senior Safeguarding Lead, St Benedict's Ealing

3C. Solid safeguarding foundations 

Create easy-to-follow policies and evidence outcomes consistently by designing your knowledge transfer calendar.

Dai Durbridge, Partner, Browne Jacobson LLP

The art of delegation (15:40)

Manage your team’s time strategically to avoid burnout and ensure an effective system.

Ella Savell-Boss, Partner, Safeguarding Consultant and Trainer

Improve your strategy (16:10)

Implement your learnings from the day and discuss your next steps, with expert-led facilitation.

Dai Durbridge, Partner, Browne Jacobson LLP

Conference closes at 16:20