Safeguard Training for Teachers and Support Staff

All adults who work in schools are required to undertake basic training in child protection and this training should be repeated at 3 year intervals.

The objectives of this e-learning programme are to help all candidates:

Understand their role in school
Appreciate the first principles of child protection and welfare
Recognise the potential signs of child abuse
Understand how to report any concerns
Behave in appropriate ways in school that protects pupils
Behave in ways that prevents them from being vulnerable to unnecessary suspicion or unwarranted complaints

The programme will cover key areas and will, at intervals, check your understanding by asking you a series of multiple choice questions. This programme is not a test and you will not pass or fail it. The questions are there simply to ensure you have understood the subject matter and to reinforce the learning.

At various points you will be invited to download key documents. We would encourage you to do this, familiarise yourself with them and keep them somewhere safe for future reference.

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