Safeguarding for Governors

Duration 2 hours

Last audited 29th August 2024

CPD Approved
Safeguarding for Governors
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As a school governor, you have a responsibility to ensure that your school and its senior leadership adopt a consistent, whole-school approach to safeguarding based on effective policies, procedures and staff training. You must also be a critical friend to the school, supporting and challenging safeguarding practices to ensure children are kept safe from harm.

This course, written in partnership with industry experts, provides detailed information to help you understand the safeguarding procedures, including the child protection process, that schools must have at the heart of everything they do. It explores how to hold senior leadership accountable for creating an effective safeguarding culture, the policies and practices that must be in place and what Ofsted are looking to see.

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Full audio voiceover

Assessment retakes at no extra cost

Developed by a qualified safeguarding and child protection consultant and trainer

Written in line with Department for Education (DfE) statutory guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children and Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) statutory guidance

Bulk discount for orders of 10+ courses

What you'll learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain the safeguarding structure required in a school setting.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the law, guidance documents and policies that contribute towards best safeguarding practice.
  • Outline your role and responsibilities as part of the school’s governing body and your role in ensuring that your setting meets its safeguarding requirements.
  • Recognise what child abuse is and the categories of abuse.
  • Identify school safeguarding procedures, including the child protection process.
  • Identify the importance of multi-agency working in child protection.

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Why take this course?

Many children in the UK suffer from maltreatment. There have been many well-publicised cases of children who have lost their lives to such treatment, which have highlighted missed opportunities and demonstrated the need for effective safeguarding training.

This Safeguarding for Governors course helps school governors understand their strategic leadership responsibilities for safeguarding. It has been written to equip governors with the knowledge to question and challenge the policies and procedures adopted by their school and ensure they are robust and effective. By taking this course, learners will understand the statutory requirements of schools, how to work with their school’s senior leadership to create a safeguarding culture and how to prepare for Ofsted inspections.

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Module 1: Introduction to Safeguarding

This module explores the importance of effective safeguarding practices, including the collaborative effort required to protect children from harm and outlining the legal framework that underpins all safeguarding roles, responsibilities and practices.

Module 2: In-school Response

This module covers the internal safeguarding process for schools, including how to recognise abuse, how disclosures should be responded to and how robust policies and procedures can create an effective safeguarding culture.

Module 3: Possible External Agency Responses

This module outlines the role of external agencies in safeguarding children, such as children’s social care. It details the assessment process used to determine the level of support required, as well as the role of the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO).

Module 4: Safeguarding Responsibilities of a School Governor

This module focuses on the safeguarding responsibilities of school governors. It outlines the importance of reviewing policies and procedures, providing guidance and challenge to the school as a critical friend and how to prepare for Ofsted inspections.

Once you have completed all of the online training material, you will be able to take the online assessment. The assessment consists of 20 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 80%. The answers are marked instantly so you will know whether you have passed as soon as you finish.

If you don’t pass the assessment you can review the course material and take the assessment again at no extra cost.

Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. This course is designed for anyone with a strategic safeguarding responsibility who does not deal with individual concerns at an operational level. It is designed to help governors understand the statutory requirements of schools and demonstrate knowledge of the legislation and guidance that underpin safeguarding in schools. It offers governors an understanding of what it means to be a critical friend, supporting and challenging safeguarding policies and procedures to create an effective, whole-school safeguarding culture and ensure children are kept safe from harm.

The course uses ‘governor’ or ‘governing boards’ as umbrella terms, but is suitable for anyone with a governing role, such as academy trustees.

Written by experts

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In partnership with

Joanna Nicolas

Safeguarding and Child Protection Consultant

Joanna Nicolas is a highly regarded safeguarding consultant, trainer and social worker with 30 years of experience in the sector. 

Joanna is a co-opted Board member of Cafcass and a member of the Prince’s Trust Safeguarding Advisory Panel. She is also a court-appointed expert witness in child protection cases.

She was a core trainer for her Local Safeguarding Children Partnership for 15 years and works with various Local Authorities and other organisations specialising in the most complex child abuse cases.  

In recent years Joanna has worked with a range of UK organisations including the Department for Education, Ofsted and Local Safeguarding Children Partnerships.

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