Safeguarding
Learn everything your school needs to help keep all your students safe. Read on for information about safeguarding, safeguarding children and safeguarding in schools, in depth analysis from Tes Magazine and supporting training and products for your school.
What is safeguarding?
Safeguarding is what we do to promote the welfare of children and keep them safe from harm. Safeguarding and promoting welfare includes:
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Ensuring children grow up in circumstances that provide them with safe and effective care
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Protecting children from maltreatment
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Preventing impairment of children's mental and physical health or development
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Taking steps to enable children to have the best outcomes
Safeguarding means taking a variety of actions including identifying and assessing risks, and providing support across all agencies and charities that work with children and young people. Each organisation has a specific role to play in safeguarding, and it's important that they work together to ensure that vulnerable individuals are protected.
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New Duty to Prevent Sexual Harassment: What it means for schools and colleges
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Adverse Childhood Experiences: What are ACEs and how do they Affect Children, Young People and Adults?
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Child Protection vs Safeguarding: What is the difference?
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Raising awareness of child-on-child abuse
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Keeping children safe in education 2024 updates
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Safeguarding: What do I need to do to remain compliant?
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Why is safeguarding so important in schools?
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Managing staff allegations of abuse
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The 10 categories of abuse and how to handle them
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The importance of managing safeguarding concerns
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3 key benefits of using our safeguarding training
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Safeguarding: A 7-step guide to Ofsted inspections
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A guide to contextual safeguarding
Children can face risks of harm not only at home but also in their wider environments. Our free guide explains how contextual safeguarding helps schools and safeguarding leads address these risks, providing a clearer picture of how external factors affect children and young people’s safety.
Safeguarding articles from Tes Magazine
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5 major government safeguarding proposals schools should know
From enhanced data sharing to the use of a single identifier for children, here’s how safeguarding will evolve next year.
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Social media in schools: the pros and cons in a changing landscape
With many schools reassessing their use of social media platforms, Nuzhat Uthmani weighs up the benefits and the potential challenges of having an online presence.
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My week as...chief standards officer at City of London Academies Trust
In our ‘My Week As’ series, a senior sector leader reveals what a typical week looks like in their role. Here, we talk to Mouhssin Ismail.
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Call to investigate impact of existing mental health support on pupils
NEU says schools ‘do not have the resources or staff to continue carrying the weight of a broken system’.
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Do your pupils understand the consequences of their online actions?
After the spread of misinformation online had disastrous consequences this summer, it’s an ideal time to explore digital responsibility with your pupils.
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My week as...director of safeguarding at Endeavour Learning Trust
In our ‘My Week As’ series, a senior sector leader reveals what a typical week looks like in their role. For this article, we talk to Heather Fowler.
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Safeguarding: are your male students caught in ‘the manosphere’?
Online misogyny is a growing problem, and it goes far beyond the rhetoric of Andrew Tate. Safeguarding lead Thomas Michael explores three key terms school staff should understand.
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5,000 schools to play non-contact rugby under plan to grow the sport
Change comes amid fears over players’ welfare – but full-contact rugby union should be offered for under-15s and up, says review led by MAT chief.
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Safeguarding children
All children and young people have a right to be and feel safe in your setting or organisation, and their parents or carers also have a right to expect that their child will be safe in your organisation’s care.
Safeguarding in schools
It's essential that everybody working in a school understands their safeguarding responsibilities. Here we explain what safeguarding in schools means and why it's so important.
Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)
Keeping Children Safe in Education is a vital part of safeguarding policy and procedures for education settings. On this page you will learn more about this important statutory guidance from the DfE. You will also find additional support that will help your school to comply with the guidance; helping to create a safe environment for all.
Safeguarding FAQs
Everyone has a responsibility for safeguarding in schools. The safeguarding lead within the school should ensure safeguarding and child protection is embedded into everything the school does.
Key policies and procedures include child protection, preventing bullying, online safety, responding to allegations against staff, behaviour policy, and children who are missing from education. Why is safeguarding so important in schools?
Parents and carers play an important role in safeguarding by supporting their child's school, providing important information about their child, and being aware of safeguarding policies and procedures. 7 key safeguarding concerns for schools right now
Schools can start by educating students about online safety, monitoring students' use of technology, and implementing appropriate filtering systems to block access to inappropriate websites. The 10 categories of abuse and how to handle them
Students should report any online material that makes them feel uncomfortable or upset to a trusted adult.
Yes. Governing bodies have a strategic leadership responsibility for their school’s safeguarding arrangements and must comply with their duties under legislation.
School staff receive regular training on safeguarding, including child protection, anti-bullying and online safety. This training is designed to ensure that staff are equipped to respond effectively to any safeguarding incidents.
How we can help
We have great tools that can help you to safeguard the children in your care.
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Safeguarding training
Keep your entire school community up to date with the latest safeguarding knowledge with unlimited access to over 80 expert-written online training courses in safeguarding, compliance, health and safety, and wellbeing.
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MyConcern
Support staff to easily record and monitor safeguarding concerns. Enabling early interventions by identifying trends and patterns and helping to inform decision-making with our case management system, MyConcern, now part of Tes.
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