Keeping Children Safe In Education

This course covers Part 1 and Annex B of the statutory guidance "Keeping Children Safe In Education". All staff working in schools in England must read at least Part 1. School and college leaders and those staff who work directly with children should also read Annex B.

This short module explains how to use the Keeping Children Safe In Education course. 

You will be able to select whether you require Part 1 and Annex B of the course i.e. you work directly with children, or otherwise just Part 1 only.

This module provides the full details of Part 1 of Keeping Children Safe in Education including:

• What school and college staff should know and do
• A child centred and coordinated approach to safeguarding
• The role of school and college staff
• What school and college staff need to know
• What school and college staff should look out for
• What school and college staff should do if they have concerns about a child
• Female Genital Mutilation mandatory reporting duty for teachers
• Record keeping
• Why is all of this important?
• What school and college staff should do if they have concerns about another staff member who may pose a risk of harm to children
• What school or college staff should do if they have concerns about safeguarding practices within the school or college
• Indicators of abuse and neglect
• Specific safeguarding issues

This module provides the full details of Annex A of Keeping Children Safe in Education including:

• Child abduction and community safety incidents
• Children and the court system
• Children missing from education
• Children with family members in prison
• Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
• County lines
• Modern Slavery and the National Referral Mechanism
• Cybercrime
• Domestic abuse
• Homelessness
• So-called 'honour-based' abuse
• FGM
• Forced Marriage
• Preventing radicalisation
• The Prevent Duty
• Channel
• Peer on peer abuse / child on child abuse
• Sexual violence and sexual harassment between children in schools and colleges
• Upskirting
• The response to a report of sexual violence or sexual harassment
• Additional advice and support

The final module will allow you to show you have read and understood the statutory guidance. 

Once you have passed your assessment, you will be able to download your certificate. Your pass rate will be 70% but don’t worry if you do not pass the first time, as you can take the test multiple times.

This section contains: 

• A full copy of Keeping Children Safe in Education