Summer term 2021 checklist
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Use this checklist to make sure your staff are totally up-to-speed with their statutory safeguarding obligations throughout the spring term. You can also use it to plan specific training to align with upcoming safeguarding awareness days.
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Give staff a safeguarding update for the start of term
Remind staff of critical safeguarding information around returning to school following partial closure with this 30-minute update.
Suitable for: All staff
Delivery method: Remotely or face to face
Topics covered: Where children might be at as they return to school
How to report concerns and respond to disclosures
How to talk to children about theirworries and mental health
How to respond to online hoaxes and challenges
Proposed changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education
Contents: An interactive, adaptable presentation, facilitator notes, staff handout
and remote delivery guidance
Session length: 30 minutes
Induct new starters on Keeping Children Safe in Education part 1
Our engaging eLearning course ‘Safeguarding and child protection: the essentials 2020/21’ can be used to induct new starters throughout the year. Participants will need to pass a 10-question safeguarding assessment at the end.
Suitable for: All staff
Topics covered: Latest updates to Keeping Children Safe in Education part 1
Session length: 1 hour 15 minutes
Certificate granted? Yes
Copy the link below to invite your staff to the course.
Test and evidence staff knowledge of KCSIE pt.1
Test staff knowledge and understanding of KCSIE pt.1 with our 10-question assessment.
Copy the link below and send to your staff
Keeping Children Safe in Education - Part 1 assessment
Staff results will feed into your training dashboard
Circulate safer recruitment elearning with any staff and governors on your recruitment panel
Share this 60-min eLearning course with any staff or governors involved in the recruitment process, to make sure they meet statutory requirements and keep pupils safe.
Suitable for: Those involved in recruiting, in particular senior leaders and governors
Topics covered: How to make sure your recruitment practice meets statutory requirements and does everything possible to protect children from risk of harm
Session length: 1 hour
Certificate granted? Yes
Copy the link below to invite your staff to the course.
Safer recruitment in education
Regularly update staff on safeguarding
Use our safeguarding scenarios to:
- Test whether your staff can spot potential safeguarding issues
- Check your staff's knowledge of your procedures
Use our factsheets to make staff aware of a range of safeguarding issues.
Start planning your September INSET
We’ll be updating our INSET pack for 2021, ready for you to download and deliver. We’ll also be updating our Safeguarding Essentials elearning.
Awareness days this term:
10-16 May
Mental Health Awareness Week
Use our resources below, developed with experts in child mental health, to make sure staff know what to look out for and feel confident talking to pupils about mental health.
Pupil mental health: deepening understandingPupil mental health: anxiety
Pupil mental health: depressionPupil mental health: self-harm and suicidal ideation