Safeguarding
Welcome to the home of all the safeguarding advice and knowledge from across Tes. Here you will find a host of information about safeguarding from safeguarding children to safeguarding in schools and beyond. This in-depth knowledge bank includes content from the expert writers in Tes Magazine, blogs and guides from our in-house experts and supporting training and products for whole schools.
What is safeguarding?
Safeguarding is what we do to promote the welfare of children and keep them safe from harm. Safeguarding is a whole school responsibility which means every teacher should know how to safeguard children and what good safeguarding in schools looks like. Safeguarding and promoting welfare includes:
- Ensuring children grow up in circumstances that provide them with safe and effective care.
- Protecting children from maltreatment
- Preventing impairment of children's mental and physical health or development
- Taking steps to enable children to have the best outcomes.
Safeguarding involves taking a variety of actions including identifying and assessing risks; and providing support across all agencies and charities that work with children and young people. Every organisation has a specific role to play in safeguarding, and it's important that they work together to ensure that vulnerable individuals are protected.
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International safeguarding: how do I remain compliant?
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5 key safeguarding concerns for international schools
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Safeguarding training tailored to international schools
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Why is safeguarding so important in schools?
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All the safeguarding tools your school needs
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What is Duty of Care?
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The importance of managing safeguarding concerns
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5 key safeguarding concerns for international schools right now
Safeguarding issues are rarely standalone events and, with countless opportunities for perpetrators to come into contact with children and young people, it's crucial that all staff are kept up to date. Download our free guide to ensure that all your staff have the essential information they need to protect all your students.
Safeguarding articles from Tes Magazine
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Safeguarding Around the World: Social media and training
In the latest article in the series we head to the UAE to hear from Mark Leppard, who explains his school’s approach.
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Safeguarding Around the World: Legal training and parent education
The director of The British School, New Delhi discusses the school’s approach to safeguarding, including training staff on local laws and the need to engage parents on behaviour.
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Safeguarding Around the World: Bite-sized training
We head to Oman to hear from one international school leader about why following England’s Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance is a key component of its safeguarding work.
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Safeguarding Around the World: Spotting patterns
A leader in Switzerland discusses the importance of using software to help track pupil issues and updating PSHE programmes if incidents occur.
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Safeguarding Around the World: Online risks and war trauma
A school leader in the UAE discusses the risks posed by the increase in pupils’ screen time and the safeguarding needs of children from war zones.
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‘Terrifying’ intruder incident at school: what we learned
One international school leader talks about an intruder running loose on his campus and the importance of having clear crisis management plans.
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Safeguarding Around the World: Cultural sensitivity
The head of an international school in Bahrain talks about its safeguarding strategies and why cultural sensitivity training for staff is important.
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Safeguarding Around the World: Affluent neglect
In the first in a new series, a school leader in Malaysia discusses the rise of ‘affluent neglect’ and the challenge of creating a safeguarding culture in a school with 60 different nationalities.
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Safeguarding children
All children and young people have a right to be and feel safe in your setting or organisation, and their parents or carers also have a right to expect that their child will be safe in your organisation’s care.
Safeguarding in schools
It's essential that everybody working in a school understands their safeguarding responsibilities. Here we explain what safeguarding in schools means and why it's so important.
Safeguarding FAQs
Everyone has a responsibility for safeguarding in schools. The safeguarding lead within the school should ensure safeguarding and child protection is embedded into everything the school does, this often includes providing safeguarding training to ensure the up-to-date knowledge of other members of staff.
Key policies and procedures include child protection, preventing bullying, online safety, responding to allegations against staff, behaviour policy, and children who are missing from education. Why is safeguarding so important in schools?
Parents and carers play an important role in safeguarding by supporting their child's school, providing important information about their child, and being aware of safeguarding policies and procedures.
Schools can start by educating students about online safety, monitoring students' use of technology, and implementing appropriate filtering systems to block access to inappropriate websites.
Students should report any online material that makes them feel uncomfortable or upset to a trusted adult. Schools may have a specific route or process for students to follow to report a concern, many also offer an online reporting software that students could use.
School staff receive regular training on safeguarding, including child protection, anti-bullying and online safety. This training is designed to ensure that staff are equipped to respond effectively to any safeguarding incidents such as abuse and neglect.
How we can help
We have great tools that can help you to safeguard the children in your care.
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Safeguarding training
Keep your entire school community up to date with the latest safeguarding knowledge with unlimited access to over 80 expert-written online training courses in safeguarding, compliance, health and safety, and wellbeing.
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MyConcern
Support staff to easily record and monitor safeguarding concerns. Enabling early interventions by identifying trends and patterns and helping to inform decision-making with our case management system, MyConcern, now part of Tes.
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