Safeguarding work requires a mix of detailed planning ahead and effective and responsive working practices. In this free Best Practice Focus download, Elizabeth Rose considers 10 priorities for schools to help create a strategic safeguarding plan and embed a culture of safeguarding
This in-depth, evidence-based article offers 10 safeguarding priorities for the coming months to help your school plan your safeguarding work from September onwards and ensure a culture of safeguarding.
Our resident safeguarding expert Elizabeth Rose describes each of her 10 priorities in detail – ranging from the curriculum and governors to attendance and radicalisation – and offers a checklist of things to consider for each point.
Other themes include managing concerns about members of staff, supporting and training governors, student voice, child-on-child abuse, and mental health.
The download is aimed at designated safeguarding leads and their teams, but is also highly relevant for senior leadership and teaching staff.