Safeguarding Children in Education Quiz

Louise Petty

January 19, 2018

5 min read

Test Your Knowledge of Safeguarding Children

If you work in education, whether early years, primary, secondary or further education, then you have a responsibility to safeguard students. Teachers are often best placed to identify signs of abuse and neglect, which is why it’s so important that you have an understanding of what to look out for and when to report your concerns. How good is your awareness of safeguarding children in education? Try our quiz to find out!

When should you report a concern about FGM?

When the student discloses information

Immediately after you have the concern

Within a fortnight

When you have gathered evidence

Correct! Wrong!

What is the name of the strategy that aims to help stop students being drawn into terrorism?

Pursue

Protect

Prepare

Prevent

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Being secretive, having an older boyfriend/girlfriend and having expensive new possessions may be indicators of what?

Grooming

Self-harm

Radicalisation

Modern slavery

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Which one of the following is an example of bullying behaviour?

Having no access to medial care

Isolating a student from others

Being secretive

Lengthy absence from school

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If a student discloses information about abuse to you, what should you do?

Promise to keep the information secret

Tell the student that everything will be fine

Listen carefully and thank the student for telling you

Show the student how shocked you are

Correct! Wrong!

Safeguarding Children in Education Quiz

Want to learn more about how to identify when abuse and neglect may be happening to a student and understand how to respond appropriately to concerns? Take a look at our Safeguarding Children In Education Course.