Briefing
Safeguarding pupils with SEND: staff briefing
Managing Safeguarding
Help your staff understand the specific vulnerabilities of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Support staff to adapt safeguarding approaches to meet individual needs, respond appropriately and help every pupil learn how to stay safe.
Last reviewed on 13 November 2025
Download your ready-made resources
Training resources
Presentation
pptx
Facilitator notes
docx
Safeguarding pupils with SEND: staff factsheet
docx
This 50-minute briefing covers:
- Common types of SEND and how they can create specific safeguarding vulnerabilities
- The signs of abuse and neglect to look out for in pupils with SEND
- Your existing strategies, systems and processes for safeguarding pupils with SEND
- How to teach pupils with SEND to keep themselves safe – both online and offline
How to use these resources
- Download the PowerPoint presentation, facilitator notes and staff factsheet
- Adapt the PowerPoint presentation and staff factsheet for your context (where the text is highlighted yellow) – you may need to work with your SENCO on this
- Work through the facilitator notes. They tell you everything you need to know to prepare, including what slides to adapt to run this session. You’ll need these to hand when presenting
- Share the staff factsheet with your staff, to refer back to
