Leading child protection

Maintain robust safeguarding procedures in your setting and ensure all staff are aware of responsibilites and processes to follow when dealing with a safeguarding issue.

  • Skills audit template for designated safeguarding leads
    Download this template to help evaluate the skills and knowledge needed to fulfil the responsibilities of a DSL and maintain robust safeguarding measures
  • Safeguarding audit tool
    Self-auditing is a useful way to improve processes, highlight communication issues and ensure you are meeting requirements
  • DSL year planner
    If you are a designated safeguarding lead (DSL), download the DSL year planner or independent school DSL year planner to help plan and prioritise tasks and training across the year
  • Safeguarding leads: five ways to prepare for inspection
    Inspectors will look for evidence of staff training and whether students feel they are being supported and safeguarded. Luke Ramsden offers advice when getting ready for an inspection
  • Talking to young people about suicide
    Suicide is a traumatic event with devastating consequences. Sarah Kessling offers helpful things to say to young people who have been bereaved by suicide or are experiencing suicidal ideation
  • 10 key actions to reduce child-on-child abuse
    All schools need to take planned action to make a difference to child-on-child abuse. How confident are you identifying and planning for change? Joanna Nicolas provides guidance
  • Safeguarding essentials: advice and resources for staff
    Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. Use these resources to make sure that all staff are up to date on their responsibilities and alert to potential incidents
  • Designated safeguarding lead role description
    Download our model job description for a DSL to ensure that your school satisfies statutory requirements, and to make that information clear to staff and parents
  • Responding to the KCSIE 2021 consultation
    Safeguarding lead Luke Ramsden picks out eight key points to consider in responding to the KCSIE 2021 consultation and planning ahead for changes
  • COVID-19: child protection annex, quiz and webinar
    The DfE advised the use of a child protection policy COVID-19 annex to detail safeguarding arrangements during the pandemic. Dai Durbridge and Ella Savell-Boss provide an example and a quiz to share with staff and discuss issues arising

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