Have you got a Head of Department interview coming up? These helpful example Head of Department interview questions include suggested responses for answers to help you prepare and succeed at interview. For more recruitment resources and guidance, visit our website honeyguide-sls.co.uk

Thinking about how you can make staff safeguarding training more regular? This informative Safeguarding Snapshot provides a one-page glance at the specific safeguarding issue of County Lines. Display it in a staff room or send it in a safeguarding e-bulletin to enhance your safeguarding training offer. Designed from the most up-to-date information from the 2023 KCSIE, each of our snapshots cover the key signs and indicators of that particular safeguarding issue. They detail which groups of pupils could be at more risk and other factors that staff should be aware of. They end with suggested actions to get staff thinking about how they can prevent harm and keep children safe. Our full pack of 12 Safeguarding Snapshots can be found on our website Honeyguide SLS for £10. This can help to reinforce messages from the safeguarding training you’ve already delivered and it keeps safeguarding at the forefront of staff member’s minds. For monitoring and quality assurance purposes, it’s also a great way to show that you’re delivering regular updates to staff. Please note though that these 12 snapshots do not cover all aspects of safeguarding in Part one of KCSIE. Looking for safeguarding scenarios as outlined in KCSIE? Try Honeyguide SLS. For more support on safeguarding, you can download our Safeguarding Audit Pack. You can find more information on safeguarding and safeguarding resources by visiting honeyguide-sls.co.uk Please note the following disclaimer attached to this resource bundle: These resources address potentially sensitive and/or distressing subjects and are intended to be used for training purposes only. They may also contain strong language as well as terms, themes and content that depict child abuse, neglect and exploitation. All of this could elicit emotional responses and be triggering for staff using them. You must fully read each snapshot before use and it is your duty to carefully assess their appropriateness based on your staff and your context. If you deem each one to be suitable, you must ensure that adequate support is accessible for anyone who may be impacted by the content.

Looking to identify the skills and development points of your school’s caretaker, premises manager or site agent? Or perhaps you’re a school site manager or premises officer who wants to explore your role-specific strengths and weaknesses as part of your ongoing development or when looking for a new role. No matter the situation, this handy pack contains exactly what you need to uncover strengths and plan for professional development & growth. Included is an 18-page template covering the different areas of skills that a school premises caretaker may need. These are split into handy sections, such as self-management and personal skills, health and safety, site security, and cleaning and maintenance, so they can be used flexibly. Also included is a daily, weekly, termly and yearly skills list which can be used to reflect on the site agent or caretakers effectiveness and points for improvement for each task. Questions in the skills audit include: What strategies do I utilise to streamline communication processes regarding the work I undertake, ensuring information is shared efficiently and accurately to all stakeholders? What measures do I take to ensure compliance with health and safety regulations during cleaning and maintenance activities and how do I communicate these protocols to others? What steps do I take to stay vigilant and collaborate with other staff members in maintaining security measures, particularly in terms of reporting any suspicious activities promptly? In what capacity do I play an active role in critical incident planning and management, ensuring preparedness and resilience in the face of unforeseen challenges? Skills audits for other school and education roles can be found on our website, Honeyguide-SLS.co.uk

Looking to recruit a new school caretaker, premises officer or school site agent manager? If you’re wondering what tasks can help you identify the skills of potential employees and what questions to ask at interview to recruit the right site agent, premises manager or groundskeeper for your school, this school Premises Caretaker and Site Manager Interview Pack can support you throughout the interview process. Included in this Premises Caretaker and Site Manager interview pack is an editable interview task plus a wide variety of example interview questions so you can find a brilliant site agent or premises manager for your school. The job description and person specification for will also support you in advertising for a new caretaker or school maintenance worker so you attract the right candidates. Use these, alongside the interview tasks and premises manager and site agent interview questions to create a recruitment package that’s tailored to exactly what your school is looking for in a new caretaker. Further interview resources can be found on our website, Honeyguide-SLS.co.uk

Train your staff team on spotting the signs and indicators of physical abuse with this flexible safeguarding training pack. With a ready-made presentation to deliver to staff, an accompanying safeguarding scenario on physical abuse, quiz questions, a discussion prompt and a one-minute guide to send and display, this whole pack works seamlessly to train staff in safeguarding and keeping children safe. Created from content in KCSIE 2023, this helpful bundle contains four resources that work together to create a full CPD training package about safeguarding and physical abuse. Staff Training Presentation - Physical Abuse: A ready-to-deliver 22-slide PowerPoint presentation that outlines the signs and indicators of physical abuse, followed by slides that allow staff to consider and discuss what puts pupils at greater risk, other factors to be aware of and what actions they should take. The presentation has built in discussion questions and finishes with a scenario and quiz to check staff understanding about physical abuse. Scenario - Physical Abuse: An editable scenario that outlines a fictional situation where physical abuse is occurring. It also includes full commentary and guided considerations for the DSL or staff member leading the child protection training. Use it to gauge how effectively staff can identify the signs of abuse as well as how they’d respond in a real-life context, including further actions they’d take. Quiz and Discussion - Physical Abuse: There are five challenging multiple choice quiz questions that test your staff members’ understanding of physical abuse, plus a discussion prompt that can be used to kickstart your training session or as a follow-up question a few weeks later. Safeguarding Snapshot - Physical Abuse: This one-page, one-minute guide is perfect for following up the session by using as a training handout, displaying in your staff-only spaces or sending as part of a safeguarding e-bulletin. The pack is purposefully designed to be flexible to suit your busy school. You could deliver the training in one slot by utilising the presentation, scenario, quiz and snapshot together. Alternatively, deliver the initial CPD by using the presentation, then use the scenario and quiz questions in later staff meetings or future safeguarding training sessions, with the snapshot used as a reminder of the training content. Further safeguarding resources and packs can be found on our website, Honeyguide-SLS.co.uk

Train staff on spotting the signs and indicators of bullying, including cyberbullying and prejudice-based and discriminatory bullying, with this flexible safeguarding training pack. With a ready-made presentation to deliver to staff, two accompanying safeguarding scenarios on bullying, quiz questions, a discussion prompt and 3 one-minute guides to send and display, this whole pack works seamlessly to train staff in safeguarding and keeping children safe. Created from content in KCSIE 2023, this helpful bundle contains four resources that work together to create a full training package about safeguarding and bullying (child-on-child abuse). Staff Training Presentation - Bullying: A ready-to-deliver 28-slide PowerPoint presentation that outlines the signs and indicators of bullying, including cyberbullying and prejudice-based and discriminatory bullying, followed by slides that allow staff to consider and discuss what puts pupils at greater risk, other factors to be aware of and what actions they should take. The presentation has built in discussion questions and finishes with a scenario and quiz to check staff understanding about bullying. Scenarios - Bullying / Prejudice-Based and Discriminatory Bullying (LGBT+): Two editable scenarios that outlines fictional situations where bullying is occurring. Both include full commentary and guided considerations for the DSL or staff member leading the child protection training. Use them to gauge how effectively staff can identify the signs of abuse as well as how they’d respond in a real-life context, including further actions they’d take. Quiz and Discussion - Bullying: There are five challenging multiple choice quiz questions that test your staff members’ understanding of bullying, plus a discussion prompt that can be used to kickstart your training session or as a follow-up question a few weeks later. Safeguarding Snapshots - Bullying / Cyberbullying / Prejudice-Based and Discriminatory Bullying: These one-page, one-minute guide are perfect for following up the session by using as a training handout, displaying in your staff-only spaces or sending as part of a safeguarding e-bulletin. There are three included in this training bundle. The pack is purposefully designed to be flexible to suit your busy school. You could deliver the training in one slot by utilising the presentation, scenario, quiz and snapshot together. Alternatively, deliver the initial CPD by using the presentation, then use the scenario and quiz questions in later staff meetings or future safeguarding training sessions, with the snapshot used as a reminder of the training content. Further staff safeguarding training materials can be found on our website, Honeyguide-SLS.co.uk

Utilise these example premises caretaker and site agent/manager interview questions with an outline of what to include in your response and answer during interview. Further resources can be found at honeyguide-sls.co.uk

Train staff on spotting the signs and indicators of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) with this flexible safeguarding training pack. With a ready-made presentation to deliver to staff, two accompanying safeguarding scenarios on FGM, quiz questions, a discussion prompt and a one-minute guide to send and display, this whole pack works seamlessly to train staff in safeguarding and keeping children safe. Created from content in KCSIE 2023, this helpful bundle contains four resources that work together to create a full training package about safeguarding and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Staff Training Presentation - Female Genital Mutilation: A ready-to-deliver 24-slide PowerPoint presentation that outlines the signs and indicators of FGM, followed by slides that allow staff to consider and discuss what puts pupils at greater risk, other factors to be aware of and what actions they should take. The presentation has built in discussion questions and finishes with a scenario and quiz to check staff understanding about FGM. Scenarios - FGM (Pre-Incident) / FGM (Post-Incident): Two editable scenarios that outlines a fictional situations about FGM. It also includes full commentary and guided considerations for the DSL or staff member leading the child protection training. Use it to gauge how effectively staff can identify the signs of abuse as well as how they’d respond in a real-life context, including further actions they’d take. The post-incident scenario also helps staff understand their statutory duties to report incidents of FGM to the police. Quiz and Discussion - Female Genital Mutilation: There are five challenging multiple choice quiz questions that test your staff members’ understanding of FGM, plus a discussion prompt that can be used to kickstart your training session or as a follow-up question a few weeks later. Safeguarding Snapshot - Female Gential Mutilation: This one-page, one-minute guide is perfect for following up the session by using as a training handout, displaying in your staff-only spaces or sending as part of a safeguarding e-bulletin. The pack is purposefully designed to be flexible to suit your busy school. You could deliver the training in one slot by utilising the presentation, scenario, quiz and snapshot together. Alternatively, deliver the initial CPD by using the presentation, then use the scenarios and quiz questions in later staff meetings or future safeguarding training sessions, with the snapshot used as a reminder of the training content. Further safeguarding training and CPD materials can be found on our website, Honeyguide-SLS.co.uk

Looking to recruit a new EYFS practitioner, such as a pre-school assistant, nursery assistant or an EYFS teaching assistant? If you’re considering what questions to ask at interview to recruit the right person for your school or what tasks you can set to allow the candidate to show their skills and understanding about the early years, this EYFS practitioner Interview Pack can support you to plan an interview day. Included in this EYFS practitioner interview pack are two different editable interview tasks plus a wide variety of example interview questions and answers so you can find a brilliant pre-school worker, EYFS teaching assistant or nursery nurse for your school. The job description and person specification for will also support you in advertising for a new early years foundation stage practitioner so you attract the right candidates. Use these, alongside the interview tasks and EYFS practitioner interview questions to create a recruitment package that’s tailored to exactly what your school is looking for in a new member of support staff who works in the EYFS. While the pack is tailored towards appointing a new EYFS practitioner, it can be used to support the recruitment process for any EYFS support roles, including nursery assistant, pre-school assistant, early years LSA, nursery nurse, pre-school teaching assistant or any similar role where the candidate will be supporting the teaching, learning and development of children aged 0-5. More interview resources can be found on our website, honeyguide-sls.co.uk

Looking to recruit a new midday supervisor or wrap-around care assistant? If you’re wondering what tasks to set and interview questions to ask in order to recruit the right candidate for your school, this Midday and Wrap-Around Care Interview Pack can support you plan the interview day. Included in this midday and wrap-around care role interview pack are two different editable interview tasks plus a wide variety of example interview questions and answers so you can find a brilliant lunchtime supervisor or wrap-around care worker for your school. The job description and person specification for will also support you in advertising for a new meal time assistant (MTA) or breakfast and after-school club (BASC) staff member so you attract the right candidates. Use these, alongside the interview tasks and midday and wrap-around care assistant interview questions to create a recruitment package that’s tailored to exactly what your school is looking for in a new MTA or BASC staff member. While the pack is tailored towards appointing a new midday supervisor or wrap-around care assistant, it can be used to support the recruitment process for any role like this that involves supervising children in a school setting, including lunchtime assistant, midday activity assistants, lunchtime supervisor, ‘dinner lady’, meal time assistant, MTA, breakfast club supervisor, after schol club supervisor or any role similar to these.

Keep your staff updated with this easy-to-use staff training bundle. Train staff on spotting the signs and indicators of emotional abuse with this flexible safeguarding training pack. With a ready-made presentation to deliver to staff, two accompanying safeguarding scenarios on emotional abuse, quiz questions, a discussion prompt and a one-minute guide to send and display, this whole pack works seamlessly to train staff in safeguarding and keeping children safe. Created from content in KCSIE 2023, this helpful bundle contains four resources that work together to create a full training package about safeguarding and emotional abuse Staff Training Presentation - Emotional Abuse: A ready-to-deliver 21-slide PowerPoint presentation that outlines the signs and indicators of emotional abuse, followed by slides that allow staff to consider and discuss what puts pupils at greater risk, other factors to be aware of and what actions they should take. The presentation has built in discussion questions and finishes with the choice of two scenarios and a quiz to check staff understanding about emotional abuse. Scenario - Emotional Abuse (Mistreatment, Language and Bullying) / Emotional Abuse (Restrictive Parenting): Two editable scenarios that outline fictional situations where emotional abuse is occurring. It also includes full commentary and guided considerations for the DSL or staff member leading the child protection training. Use them to gauge how effectively staff can identify the signs of abuse as well as how they’d respond in a real-life context, including further actions they’d take. Quiz and Discussion - Emotional Abuse: There are five challenging multiple choice quiz questions that test your staff members’ understanding of emotional abuse, plus a discussion prompt that can be used to kickstart your training session or as a follow-up question a few weeks later. Safeguarding Snapshot - Emotional Abuse: This one-page, one-minute guide is perfect for following up the session by using as a training handout, displaying in your staff-only spaces or sending as part of a safeguarding e-bulletin. More safeguarding training resources can be found on our website, honeyguide-sls.co.uk

Train staff on spotting the signs and indicators of neglect with this flexible safeguarding training pack. With a ready-made presentation to deliver to staff, two accompanying safeguarding scenarios on neglect, quiz questions, a discussion prompt and a one-minute guide to send and display, this whole pack works seamlessly to train staff in safeguarding and keeping children safe. Created from content in KCSIE 2023, this helpful bundle contains four resources that work together to create a full training package about safeguarding and neglect. Staff Training Presentation - Neglect: A ready-to-deliver 24-slide PowerPoint presentation that outlines the signs and indicators of neglect, followed by slides that allow staff to consider and discuss what puts pupils at greater risk, other factors to be aware of and what actions they should take. The presentation has built in discussion questions and finishes with the choice of two scenarios and a quiz to check staff understanding about neglect. Scenario - Neglect: Two editable scenarios that outlines fictional situations where neglect is occurring. They also include full commentary and guided considerations for the DSL or staff member leading the child protection training. Use them to gauge how effectively staff can identify the signs of abuse as well as how they’d respond in a real-life context, including further actions they’d take. Quiz and Discussion - Neglect: There are five challenging multiple choice quiz questions that test your staff members’ understanding of neglect, plus a discussion prompt that can be used to kickstart your training session or as a follow-up question a few weeks later. Safeguarding Snapshot - Neglect: This one-page, one-minute guide is perfect for following up the session by using as a training handout, displaying in your staff-only spaces or sending as part of a safeguarding e-bulletin.

Applying for the role of class teacher as an ECT or early career teacher? These example questions with suggestions for what to include in your response will support you as you prepare for the ECT interview process. More resources and support materials can be found on our website, Honeyguide-SLS.co.uk

Safeguarding CPD for staff. Train staff on spotting the signs and indicators of sextortion with this flexible safeguarding training pack. With a ready-made presentation to deliver to your staff team, an accompanying safeguarding scenario on sextortion, quiz questions and answers, a discussion prompt and a one-minute guide to send and display, this whole pack works seamlessly to train staff in safeguarding and keeping children safe. Created from the latest guidance for education settings on sharing nudes and semi-nudes and to support schools to embed the advice made in the Financially motivated sexual extortion: an alert for education settings from CEOP, this helpful bundle contains four resources that work together to create a full training package about safeguarding and sextortion. You can use it to train your team on what sextortion is, what the signs and indicators are and how you can best support your students in response to this rapidly increasing threat to children’s safety. The bundle contains: Staff Training Presentation - Sextortion: A ready-to-deliver 20-slide PowerPoint presentation that outlines what sextortion is alongside its signs and indicators, followed by slides that allow staff to consider and discuss what puts pupils at greater risk, other factors to be aware of and what actions they should take. The presentation has built in discussion questions and finishes with a scenario and quiz to check staff understanding about sextortion. Scenario - Sextortion: An editable scenario that outlines a fictional situation where child sexual extortion (sextortion) is occurring. It also includes full commentary and guided considerations for the DSL or staff member leading the child protection training. Use it to gauge how effectively staff can identify the signs of abuse as well as how they’d respond in a real-life context, including further actions they’d take. Quiz and Discussion - Sextortion: There are five challenging multiple choice quiz questions that test your staff members’ understanding of sextortion, plus a discussion prompt that can be used to kickstart your training session or as a follow-up question a few weeks later. Safeguarding Snapshot - Sextortion: This one-page, one-minute guide is perfect for following up the session by using as a training handout, displaying in your staff-only spaces or sending as part of a safeguarding e-bulletin. Further safeguarding training CPD resources can be found on our website, honeyguide-sls.co.uk

Looking to recruit a new attendance co-ordinator? If you’re wondering what tasks to set and what interview questions to ask a prospective attendance lead to recruit the right candidate for your school, this Attendance Co-ordinator Interview Pack can support you throughout the entire process, from advertising to employment. Included in this attendance co-ordinator interview pack are two different editable interview tasks plus a wide variety of example interview questions and answers so you can find a brilliant attendance manager for your school. The job description and person specification for will also support you in advertising for a new attendance lead so you attract the right candidates. Use these, alongside the interview tasks and attendance coordinator interview questions to create a recruitment package that’s tailored to exactly what your school is looking for in a new attendance co-ordinator. While the pack is tailored towards appointing a new attendance co-ordinator, lead or champion, it can be used to support the recruitment process for any roles that focus on monitoring and improving school attendance, including school attendance officer, attendance coordinator, attendance manager, attendance lead or any other roles, such as an assistant head, DSL or pastoral lead who also holds responsibility for attendance. Further interview resources can be found on our website, honeyguide-sls.co.uk

Looking to recruit a new pastoral lead, mental health lead or welfare office for your school? If you’re wondering what tasks can help you recruit the right candidate and questions to ask at interview to assess their skills and understanding of supporting pupils’ mental health, this Pastoral and Mental Health Role Interview Pack can support you throughout the entire process, from advertising to employment. Included in this schools pastoral and mental health role interview pack are two different editable interview tasks plus a wide variety of example interview questions and answers so you can find a brilliant pastoral lead, mental health lead or family support worker for your school. The job description and person specification for will also support you in advertising for a new family liason office or pastoral manager so you attract the right candidates. Use these, alongside the interview tasks and pastoral and mental health role interview questions to create a recruitment package that’s tailored to exactly what your school is looking for in a new pastoral leader. While the pack is tailored towards appointing a new pastoral and mental health lead, it can be used to support the recruitment process for any similar roles with a focus on pupil wellbeing, mental health and pastoral care, including family support workers, nurture teacher, pastoral manager, family liaison officer, welfare officer or similar. Further recruitment and job role resources and materials can be found on our website honeyguide-sls.co.uk

Are you seeking a comprehensive and thorough safeguarding and child protection training package for the academic year? This cost-effective, ready-to-deliver safeguarding pack aligns with Part One of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2024 and will help you deliver effective safeguarding training throughout the autumn, spring and summer terms. This pack includes a KCSIE INSET refresher PowerPoint, Prevent Duty awareness training and audit, scenarios, quizzes, a safeguarding training timetable and a safeguarding policy checklist, ensuring staff stay current on safeguarding matters year-round. This extensive safeguarding pack is an excellent time-saver for anyone responsible for delivering safeguarding training and updates at the beginning of the academic year, during INSET sessions and throughout the year. This safeguarding training pack has been carefully designed to weave safeguarding aspects together with the theory of spaced practice in mind. This means staff can revisit content across the term and year, ensuring that they deeply understand all of the topics covered in order to keep children safe. The pack includes: 36 x editable Safeguarding Scenarios, questions and answers for interactive and collaborative staff training. 36 x Safeguarding Snapshots to display within your staff spaces or send to them each week. 18 x Quick Quizzes containing 10 multiple-choice questions each - ideal to keep tabs on if staff safeguarding knowledge is secure. 3 x ready-made Safeguarding Training Timetables (one for each term) designed to incorporate the above resources into a training programme for the academic year. 1 x PDF document on suggestions for use, giving you ideas on how you can implement each aspect effectively. 1 x Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy Checklist, enabling you to check your safeguarding policy for compliance. 1 x Prevent Duty staff training PowerPoint, audit and accompanying training materials. 1 x 73-slide Annual Safeguarding Refresher Training PowerPoint, ideal for INSET training with an accompanying 20-question Principles of Safeguarding Quiz. 11 x Safeguarding Posters for display in your setting, such as the staff room or staff toilet facilities, covering the signs and indicators of a range of safeguarding issues, including county lines, child-on-child abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, domestic abuse, neglect, bullying and more. This pack is available for £100 on our website. Further safeguarding training resources can be found at Honeyguide-SLS.co.uk

Are you looking for a thorough and comprehensive safeguarding and child protection training INSET pack to inform school staff about the KCSIE 2024 updates this September? This cost-effective, ready-to-deliver safeguarding refresher PowerPoint, including accompanying scenarios and quizzes, is exactly what you need! In line with Part one of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2024, it’s an excellent time-saver for anyone responsible for delivering safeguarding training and updates at the beginning of the academic year, during INSET sessions and beyond. This 73-slide Annual Safeguarding Refresher Training has been created from the most up-to-date version of the 2024 KCSIE. Throughout the training, you’ll explore the fundamental aspects of safeguarding children and our role as school staff in helping to keep children and young people safe from harm. Utilising statutory safeguarding documentation, including Working Together to Safeguarding Children and Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2024, the training covers the signs and indicators of the following safeguarding issues: The four types of child abuse: Physical Abuse Emotional Abuse Sexual Abuse Neglect Other safeguarding aspects, including: Domestic Abuse Online Safety Child Exploitation, including Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Extremism, Radicalisation and Terrorism (The Prevent Duty) Child-On-Child Abuse Harmful Practices, including Forced Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Children Missing Education Staff Roles and Responsibilities Taking Disclosures, Reporting Concerns and Asking Non-Leading Questions Whistleblowing Throughout the training there are key safeguarding discussion points, relatable scenarios and supportive quizzes to gauge staff knowledge and understanding of the safeguarding issues and approaches to keeping children safe covered. Further safeguarding training materials can be found at Honeyguide-SLS.co.uk

Do you have tried and trusted safeguarding INSET training but need to quickly deliver this year’s KCSIE updates to staff? Look no further - this PowerPoint and handout does exactly that! Based on the 2023 KCSIE, it’s a brilliant time-saver for anyone delivering safeguarding training and updates. You can find this and more resources by visiting Honeyguide SLS.

Do you have tried and trusted safeguarding INSET training but need to quickly deliver this year’s KCSIE 2024 updates to staff? Look no further - this PowerPoint and handout does exactly that! Based on the 2024 KCSIE, it’s a brilliant time-saver for anyone delivering safeguarding training and updates. You can find this available free and more resources by visiting Honeyguide-SLS.co.uk