Safeguarding in Education

Your starting point. Sets out the course learning outcomes, explains how to navigate, pause and return to the course, and covers the accessibility features available to you.

What safeguarding means for children, as defined in Keeping Children Safe in Education, and who is responsible for safeguarding. Covers the key legislation and guidance across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

How abuse happens, the policies your school or college should have in place, and what a child-centred approach looks like in practice.

How to judge whether something is abusive, the categories of child abuse, and the signs and indicators to look out for.

The different ways a child may disclose abuse, the barriers that can stop them speaking out, and how to listen and respond appropriately, including why you must never promise confidentiality.

Your duty to report and record concerns, who to report to, and how to write an accurate record of a disclosure.

Safeguarding learners online, including grooming, cyberbullying and the sharing of images. Covers filtering and monitoring, mobile phones in schools, and the risks and benefits of AI.

Your duty under the Prevent strategy to protect learners from radicalisation, the key definitions of terrorism, extremism and radicalisation, and the signs and indicators to look out for.

Apply what you've learned to case study scenarios based on education settings, using the recognise, respond, report and record principles to decide on the right course of action.

Test your understanding of the course content in the final assessment. You need 80% to pass, can take as long as you need and can retry the assessment until you pass.

A body map template, plus inspection handbooks and useful safeguarding websites for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

A short feedback questionnaire so we can keep improving our training.