Safeguarding
- Childcare disqualification requirements Understand the requirements around childcare disqualification, including who it applies to and what your school's responsibilities are.
- Governors' role in monitoring the single central record Learn what belongs on your school's single central record (SCR), your role in monitoring its compliance with safeguarding requirements and when you should – and shouldn't – check the SCR yourself.
- Governors' role in preventing peer-on-peer abuse Abuse between peers can take many forms, including bullying, physical abuse and sexual harassment. Use the guidance below and example questions to help your school leaders develop a culture where abuse is not tolerated, and understand how to monitor what your school puts in place.
- Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE): September 2021 changes A new version of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) came into force on 1 September. Find out what's changed and what your governing board needs to do.
- Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE): summary Read the key points in Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2021 and know where to look for information on specific areas of safeguarding in the statutory guidance.
- Monitoring safeguarding provision: checklist Your governing board must make sure your school has effective safeguarding policies and procedures in place. Use our checklist to help you monitor your school's safeguarding practice.
- Ofsted review of sexual abuse in schools: summary Be clear on the key findings from Ofsted's sexual abuse review, and what it recommends your school should do, so you can get up to speed with what’s happening in the sector right now.
- Ofsted’s knife crime research: summary Read our summary of Ofsted’s research into safeguarding children from knife crime, and what schools can do about it.
- Online safety: governors' role Understand your role in keeping pupils safe online. Ask the right questions when monitoring your school's internet policies and practices.
- Questions to ask about safeguarding Know what to ask your designated safeguarding lead (DSL) and what to look for in their answers so you can make sure your school's safeguarding provisions are working well. Plus, see questions you can use to respond to incidents.
- Safeguarding responsibilities Read our 1-page summary of your board's role in keeping children safe in your school, and the duties of your safeguarding governor. Download a copy to share with your colleagues.
- Sexual violence and sexual harassment between children: summary Read our summary of the updated peer-on-peer abuse advice from the DfE and download our model policy which covers sexual harassment and sexual violence between children.
- The Prevent duty Save time by reading our summary of your school's responsibilities under the Prevent duty in just 1 page. Download a copy to share with your colleagues.
- The Prevent duty: governors' role Understand what your board needs to do to make sure your school complies with the Prevent duty. Use our audit tool to help you monitor compliance.
- The Prevent duty: schools' responsibilities Be clear on your school's responsibilities under the Prevent duty so you know what to look out for when you're monitoring compliance.
- Understanding the safeguarding report As governors, you need to keep up to date with safeguarding in your school. Download our example safeguarding report to see what to expect, and understand what you should do with it.