Safeguarding Partnership
We assist schools in meeting the statutory requirements and guidance for schools and colleges on safeguarding children and safer recruitment.
Built on best-practice guidance in safeguarding and safer recruitment, we provide safeguarding expertise as a “critical friend” to ensure a culture of vigilance throughout your school or MAT.
Online Compliance Platform
Unlimited Advice
Free training & eLearning
Annual Audit
Why choose our Safeguarding Service?
Jedu Online Compliance Dashboard
JEDU provides comprehensive audit data, tracks your progress, allows you to send online staff questionnaires gathering anonymous responses in real time, and offers a bank of free safeguarding expert resources.
Annual Safeguarding Audit
In each year of your subscription you will be provided an expert consultant who will complete an in-depth safeguarding audit covering the entire remit of safeguarding within your school. The school is set an action plan which is reviewed in subsequent audits.
Unlimited Advisory Service
Our friendly and supportive safeguarding experts are available during working hours for unlimited advice by email or telephone on any safeguarding concern that arises or to support any processes that need to be followed after an incident, including initial response to a critical incident.
Online eLearning
All schools have access to our e-learning suite which allows for both staff and governors to complete safeguarding related training, supporting the school to fulfil statutory training requirements.
Drafting or updating documentation
We have a bank of safeguarding policies and documents that schools can use as part of their subscription. In addition, we can review your safeguarding or child protection policy and other relevant policies ensuring that they are compliant and fit-for-purpose.
Live Training at your school
We also complete live training with our schools which can either be a full-day advanced safeguarding training session or governor training and safer recruitment training.
Weekly Newsletter
School leadership and Governing bodies can keep abreast of responsibilities with regular updates on legal/regulatory guidance, or forthcoming statutory/ regulatory changes.
Access all your compliance documents using our Compliance Dashboard.
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Frequently Asked Questions
KCSIE 2024 (Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024) is a critical document outlining statutory guidance for schools and colleges in England. It outlines the statutory requirements for schools when safeguarding children and ensures that staff, governors and trustees understand their roles and responsibilities in identifying and reporting concerns. Adhering to KCSIE 2024 and any subsequent KCSIE updates ensures that your setting protects children from harm and creates a safe educational environment. Our safeguarding consultancy service supports you in fulfilling these requirements.
A robust children's safeguarding policy should align with the guidance outlined in KCSIE 2024. It must detail procedures for reporting concerns, the roles of staff members, including the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), and how the school ensures the safety and well-being of students. The policy should be regularly reviewed and updated to reflect current best practices in child protection and online safety.
The Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) requires comprehensive training as outlined in Annex C of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) every two years. All staff should receive school safeguarding training at least annually and so should governors and trustees. When considering safeguarding in education the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) should regularly update staff knowledge. Our safeguarding audit for schools evaluates your approach to safeguarding training.
Working Together to Safeguard Children is a broader government guidance that outlines how various agencies should collaborate to protect children's welfare. While KCSIE 2024 focuses on educational settings, Working Together to Safeguard Children extends to all organisations involved in children’s safeguarding, our safeguarding in education service provides advice on multi-agency working and school safeguarding training in this area.
The Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) plays a pivotal role in safeguarding children within educational settings. The DSL is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the safeguarding children policy, acting as the main point of contact for safeguarding concerns, and ensuring that all staff are trained and aware of their responsibilities as outlined in Annex C in KCSIE 2024. To support your DSL, our service includes a school safeguarding audit.
At inspection Ofsted and ISI are evaluating the safeguarding culture of the education setting. For ISI and Ofsted safeguarding is a limiting judgement. Schools must pass safeguarding requirements at inspection to pass overall. Both bodies outline their criteria in their respective framework. Judicium’s Safeguarding Service includes a school safeguarding audit aligned with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), advice, templates, and safeguarding training to ensure compliance.