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Whole-school safeguarding

Many schools will have started the year with a safeguarding INSET day for staff, but how can you engage parents and pupils in safeguarding too? Laura Ralph looks at some top tips for crucial safeguarding communications

Are your pupils clear about what counts as a safeguarding concern? Do they know what to do if they are worried? Do parents understand your safeguarding policy and what their own role is?

Many school leaders will have started the year ensuring that existing staff have received a safeguarding update, through training, bulletins or resources. New staff will have had safeguarding inductions, too.

However, staff are not the only members of the school community with a role to play in safeguarding, so here are some tips gathered from schools and experts we work with at The Key on ways you can promote a culture of keeping children safe that involves pupils and parents too.

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