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.
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
Download our model role description for a DSL to ensure that your school satisfies statutory requirements, and to make that information clear to staff and parents
Governors and trustees are entitled to ask the same sorts of questions posed by Ofsted inspectors – and should be. Use this checklist as a handy guide to examine safeguarding practice
Independent schools and academies must have a pupil welfare risk assessment form to show how welfare is safeguarded. Mike Lamb provides a template to adapt and use
Having trust-wide safeguarding procedures ensures consistency and shares best practice across the MAT. Dai Durbridge provides a guided approach to safeguarding in a MAT
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
Boarding schools are responsible for the care and wellbeing of pupils 24/7. Suzanne O’Connell hears why a school upgraded its facilities and how they keep their pupils safe
Download this checklist to make sure your governing body and nominated safeguarding governor understand their roles and responsibilities in ensuring robust safeguarding practices
When acting on concerns that stem from religious or cultural differences, designated safeguarding leads need to be brave. Debs Ward highlights the obstacles and how they may be overcome
