How to Prepare for a Child Protection Conference
Although attending a child protection conference can feel intimidating, especially if it is your first time, there are many ways in which you can prepare for the process. As a teacher or safeguarding lead, making sure that you take the time to thoroughly prepare for a conference can make all the difference to the individual […]
Safeguarding Software Enhances Local Authority Collaboration
When monitoring the safeguarding of children and young people, it’s crucial that agencies work together to ensure that the vulnerable don’t fall through the gaps. Safeguarding software can help better align local authorities to schools and other settings involved in monitoring safeguarding by making it easier to share concerns. Although multi-agency collaboration has long been […]
Children’s Mental Health Week: Monitoring Signs is Key
The theme for this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week is Let’s Connect – which is centred around the importance of meaningful connections both during Children’s Mental Health Week and beyond. In recent years there has been an unprecedented amount of change in educational settings including school closures, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and teacher strikes, which have resulted in […]
Why Investing in Safeguarding Software Should Be a Priority for 2023
With the New Year comes the start of a new school term, giving teachers and students the chance to reset for the year ahead. But, with teacher stress levels at a high, and strikes and the testing economic climate dominating headlines, it is now more important than ever for schools and local authorities to invest in […]
How CPOMS Saved Me During an Ofsted Inspection
The date was Thursday 11 October 2018. The Tuesday before, Ofsted had announced a surprise inspection at a CPOMS customer’s school. After having enjoyed relatively calm day compared to her colleagues, this CPOMS user — the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead at the time — was feeling relaxed about the inspection so far. Then, everything changed. This user, now a CPOMS […]
How to Monitor Pupil Wellbeing After the Holiday Break
Returning to school after the holidays can be daunting for young people and staff alike. But after spending so much time away, it’s a great opportunity to focus on student safeguarding and wellbeing. In this article we’ll offer some insight into the importance of focusing on pupil wellbeing after an extended break, and how CPOMS […]
Safeguarding Concerns Around the Holidays
For teachers and safeguarding leads, you’ll know that children’s wellbeing isn’t linear across the year and concerns relating to their wellbeing or safeguarding may be impacted more so in the coming days as the holidays near. Closely monitoring children’s safeguarding and wellbeing throughout the year is vital, but at a time when children and young […]
Managing Staff Compliance with a Digital System
Managing Staff Compliance with a Digital System All schools must make sure they’re keeping track of their staff effectively to remain compliant. Part of this compliance is maintaining a Single Central Record (SCR) of safeguarding checks that have been carried out for all staff. It’s also important to keep up to date with general staff […]
How to Track and Record Physical Signs of Poor Wellbeing
While it can be difficult to clearly identify signs of poor wellbeing in young people, recording information about their behavioural, emotional or physical wellbeing, no matter how small, is important. Doing so can help safeguarding leads and wider staff to spot trends and build a bigger picture of a pupil’s health and wellbeing over a […]
Why Student Wellbeing Policies Matter to Parents Selecting Schools
Parents have a lot to consider when searching for the right school for their children. Some focus on academic attainment and Ofsted reports whilst others rely on word-of-mouth reviews from other parents and carers. More and more, parents are looking to the wellbeing policies that schools have, seeing this as an important aspect of their child’s education […]