Classroom teachers and teaching staff are on the frontline when it comes to spotting students who are at risk or struggling due to safeguarding issues.
In the episode, three experts consider how we can spot the signs of safeguarding issues, what to do if we’re worried, and how to support and handle disclosures from students – including what to say and what not to say.
We discuss the key safeguarding duties of classroom staff, not least how teachers can engage effectively with the safeguarding documentation, including statutory guidance, and with training requirements.
We consider general rules for ensuring good safeguarding practice in your classroom, how we can challenge our own assumptions, and how we can promote a culture of safeguarding, including via our classroom environment and the curriculum.
Finally, we discuss some of the current safeguarding trends and offer tips and pointers for school staff.
This episode is hosted by Pete Henshaw, the editor of SecEd and our guests are:
- Elizabeth Rose is an independent safeguarding consultant and director of So Safeguarding. She is a former designated safeguarding lead. Read her previous articles for SecEd via www.sec-ed.co.uk/authors/elizabeth-rose
- Ann Marie Christian is an international safeguarding consultant and a former social work manager. Read her previous articles for SecEd via www.sec-ed.co.uk/authors/ann-marie-christian
- Ben Eason is deputy headteacher and the designated safeguarding lead at Rainham School for Girls in Gillingham, Kent, part of The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT). Ben is also the Regional Lead for TKAT’s pastoral tutoring programme A Champion for Every Child.
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