As international schools move on from the Covid-19 pandemic, its impacts are still being felt in the classroom and beyond, and the need for schools to ensure the safety of all their students remains as challenging and important as ever.
Since the pandemic, children have spent more time online, which brings many benefits, but many dangers too. Child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is commonplace and can be found on mainstream social media and online gaming platforms. There continues to be an increase of self-generated child sexual abuse images – this includes images or videos featuring children under the age of 18 that are subsequently shared online.
Concerns about sexual harassment and sexual violence between children also remain high. It’s vitally important to understand that child-on-child sexual harassment and abuse can happen anywhere, and you should maintain an attitude that it could already be taking place in your school.
Lockdowns put children at more risk of experiencing trauma, and many children, as well as adults, struggled with mental health.
So how does your school ensure that staff are equipped with the knowledge and confidence to support students across such a range of issues? Many schools turn to Tes Safeguarding, our flexible, online safeguarding and duty of care training package, to provide staff with all the up-to-date training they need.
Over 150,000 international safeguarding courses were completed in the 2022/23 school year.*
Our top 10 most completed international courses were:
1. Child Protection for International Schools
2. Child Protection Refresher for International Schools
3. Child Protection Basics for International Schools
4. Safeguarding Young People for International Schools
5. First Aid Essentials for International Schools
6. Staying Safe Online for International Schools
7. Children's Mental Wellbeing for International Schools
8. Child-on-Child Abuse for International Schools
9. Health and Safety for International Schools
10. Fire Safety for International Schools
Get all the safeguarding training your international school needs, in one package
With Tes Safeguarding, powered by EduCare, you'll get unlimited whole-school access to over 40 expert-written online courses, tailored for international schools and covering safeguarding, compliance, health and safety, and wellbeing. So you can provide your staff, governors and volunteers with the knowledge and confidence they need to help keep all your students safe.
You can set and monitor learning, and evidence training, as well as give everyone access to the full course library so they can choose training to suits their needs and interests.
Here's what some of our users say:
“These courses ensure our staff are level 1 trained in safeguarding. Being able to set courses to mandatory, with set deadlines for completion, enables us to easily track how all our staff are doing and evidence any training when needed.”
Mark Bedford, Headteacher, Jeddah Prep and Grammar School, Saudi Arabia
"I believe that Tes is doing much needed work to help keep international schools and their teachers updated. In addition to that it also provides the schools and personnel with set standards, which is vital for various procedures and guidelines to be set."
Bemnet, HR Manager, Kelem International School, Ethiopia
To find out how Tes Safeguarding can support your school, request a free trial today.
*Tes Safeguarding international course completions September 2022 - September 2023.
