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Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024
What is the Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) Statutory Guidance? Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) is the name of a document that contains statutory guidance that outlines the legal requirements (the ‘must’ actions) and best practices (the ‘should’ actions) for safeguarding in schools and colleges in England from the Department for Education (DfE).…
Read MoreUpdate: DfE’s Call for Evidence on Safeguarding in Schools and Colleges and KCSiE 2024/2025
What is the Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) Statutory Guidance? Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) is the name of a document that contains statutory guidance from the Department of Education (DfE). This statutory guidance outlines both the legal requirements (the ‘must’ actions) and the best practices (the ‘should’ actions) for safeguarding in schools…
Read MoreSmart Horizons Exciting Updates
New Integrated Smart Training Hub In response to valuable feedback from customers interested in purchasing multiple training courses across different specialties, we are delighted to announce the launch of our newly integrated Smart Horizons website. This brings together our three specialist training websites: Child Protection, Food Hygiene and Fire Training under the unified branding of…
Read MoreSafeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults Quiz
Safeguarding covers a huge range of aspects, including knowing the specific signs to look out for, being aware of the legislation surrounding the issue and what processes you need to follow in order to demonstrate the most care and consideration when approaching such a sensitive topic. While your knowledge may be excellent in some areas,…
Read MoreSafeguarding Children Quiz
Safeguarding is a complex topic and includes knowing the specific signs of abuse to look out for, being aware of the child protection regulations and what processes and procedures you need to follow if you suspect that there is a cause for concern. When it comes to safeguarding children, being careful of how you approach…
Read MoreHow to ensure all staff read Keeping Children Safe in Education
All staff that work in education need to read the statutory guidance for Keeping Children Safe in Education. But how do you ensure this is done. The answer is simple. We have developed the most straightforward way for schools to make sure all their staff read and understand the statutory documentation. Our online Keeping Children Safe…
Read MoreE-Safety for Parents
At school and at home, and for kids of all ages, it’s really important to revisit the basics of e-safety for parents often. But aside from enabling parental controls on our home internet, what other e-safety for parents advice should we be aware of to keep our children safe online? Basic e-safety advice for parents…
Read MoreAdding Your Training Certificates To Your LinkedIn Profile
LinkedIn is a useful business communication tool and for those looking for a new job, prospective employers can easily view your profile and see what qualifications you have. If you’ve taken training with us, you might want to add the details to your profile to let everyone know about your achievement in passing the course…
Read MoreWhat is a DBS check?
If you want to work with children or vulnerable adults, you probably need a DBS check, but is it even possible to apply for a DBS check as an individual? Read our handy guide to DBS checks in 2019 right here… What is a DBS check? Even if you think you’ve never heard of them…
Read MoreIs Safeguarding Training a Legal Requirement?
When it comes to safeguarding training and the law, it’s always better to be safe than sorry. In this blog we define what safeguarding training is, who needs to take it and is it a legal requirement to take safeguarding training in the United Kingdom? What is safeguarding training? You might be familiar with safeguarding…
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