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Three tips for effective safeguarding governance

Governors have a vital role to play in ensuring safeguarding is effective in their schools. Elizabeth Rose offers three pieces of advice for governing boards and suggests some questions they should be asking
Vital role: Governors responsible for safeguarding must support and challenge schools to ensure that they are complying with their duties under relevant legislation - Adobe Stock

Safeguarding governors have an important role and one that requires significant confidence and expertise to fulfil effectively. In this article, I will explore three ways that governors can effectively support and challenge schools to ensure that responsibilities are being met and schools comply with their duties under relevant legislation.

 

1, Know your stuff

It is essential that all governors (or equivalent) read and understand the statutory guidance document Keeping children safe in education (DfE, 2024), and re-read the document annually, or whenever it is updated.

Part 2 of the document sets out the responsibility of governing bodies, proprietors and management committees and explains what needs to be in place to ensure effective safeguarding leadership. 

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