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.

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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:

  • Ensuring children grow up in circumstances that provide them with safe and effective care

  • Protecting children from maltreatment

  • Preventing impairment of children's mental and physical health or development

  • 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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    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

How can you prepare for an Ofsted inspection and ensure that your school is aligned with best safeguarding practices? Download our free guide for advice on key areas including safer recruitment, crucial document and record management, essential training requirements, and more.

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Safeguarding articles from Tes Magazine

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    Ofsted launches Big Listen on future of inspection

    Watchdog could withhold ‘inadequate’ inspection judgement on schools that are only failing on safeguarding.

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    Safeguarding needs a standard training framework

    Without a quality benchmark for safeguarding training, many DSLs will continue to be left ill-equipped for this complex role, says welfare lead Heather Fowler.

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    New legal duty for schools to report child sexual abuse

    Headteachers’ leader voices concern about the capacity of social care and the police to help children if there is an increase in referrals.

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    Student slang teachers need to know

    Words or emojis that students commonly use might seem innocuous but be potential safeguarding red flags, says safeguarding lead Thomas Michael.

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    Two new safeguarding trends to be aware of

    In the ever-changing world of safeguarding, it’s critical to keep up with new potential issues, says safeguarding lead Thomas Michael.

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    Safeguarding: handling online incidents that start outside school

    As part of Safeguarding Awareness Week, an education lawyer offers insights on how to manage online safeguarding incidents that occur outside of school.

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    Better guidance on sexual harassment needed, say 1 in 3 staff

    Most school staff believe safeguarding concerns have increased since last year, a Tes poll shows.

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    Nude and semi-nude images and AI risks: safeguarding guidance

    Advice for schools from the UK Council for Internet Safety focuses on artificial intelligence as well as updates on device seizures and external speakers.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Safeguarding FAQs

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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