Creating the conditions for safeguarding excellence

How to create strong safeguarding at scale

This course explores how to create the conditions, consistency and capacity to achieve safeguarding excellence across a group of schools, drawing on the principles set out in Safeguarding at scale.

It offers practical insights in three key areas: creating clear and effective oversight of safeguarding at all levels of governance, developing consistency and embedding best practice across schools, and building, supporting and retaining a strong and skilled safeguarding workforce.

Who is it for?

Trust safeguarding leads

Participants on this course are also welcome to invite their trust governance professionals to join them to support ongoing conversations about improving safeguarding governance.

What you will gain

This course will give you:

An understanding of different safeguarding governance structures and the key considerations for your design
Guidance on how to avoid single points of governance failure and get your relationships and reporting right
Actionable insight into the three key factors that drive consistency across your schools
Key questions to ask as part of your safeguarding due diligence when new schools join your trust
Tips for building and nurturing a one safeguarding team approach across your trust, including considerations around, recruitment, diversity, community need and supporting professional growth

Meet your seminar leader

Dai Durbridge, safeguarding expert and Partner at Browne Jacobson

What previous participants have said

"Hugely informative, helpful and very well-presented series. Would recommend!”

"Really useful and practical guidance, delivered with great knowledge and style.”

"Thank you, this was a thought provoking and useful series of classes. I increased my understanding of my role and enjoyed the opportunities to share ideas with other participants and hear about the work done and challenges face in their trusts.”

"Very thought provoking and an excellent starting point for those at the beginning of the journey.”

Course overview

This three-part series gives you in-depth knowledge about the fundamentals of safeguarding in school trusts, developing trust-wide consistency, and building the safeguarding workforce. Our experienced seminar leader, Dai Durbridge, will guide you in how you can create the conditions, consistency and capacity for strong safeguarding at scale.

Seminar content

Seminar one: Safeguarding governance structures