Safeguarding Training is designed to help all staff better understand their responsibilities in safeguarding children and young people at school, as well as become familiar with safeguarding legislation and regulation. The training takes one hour to complete.
Important
Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) mandates that all staff must receive safeguarding training at the point of induction and regular updates thereafter.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, you will:
- Understand how safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility.
- Understand relevant safeguarding legislation and guidance, particularly Annex A of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
- Know the different types of abuse, its signs, and indicators.
- Understand what radicalisation is, and the Channel framework of Prevent Strategy.
- Understand how children with special education needs are at a higher risk of harm.
- Know how to respond appropriately to concerns about the safety and welfare of children.
- Identify ways to create a safe environment, including digital safeguarding training for staff and children.
Earn your certificate
You will receive a certificate of completion when you answer at least 80% of the quiz correctly. You can start the quiz after completing the training, and you can take it as many times as you can.
Short knowledge checks also appear at the end of selected topics, but they don’t count against your assessment score.
Track your team’s training progress
Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) can monitor their team’s progress and check who has passed the course by going to Record Manager > Training > Staff Training > Overview.
Start your training
You can start the training by signing in to app.safeguard.software/dashboard.asp and selecting Training on the left menu. Check our course guide for the steps in completing the training.