Testimonials

We have used CPOMS for nearly 5 years and couldn't operate without it. Having a user-friendly central resource for our child concerns really allowed us to have contextual safeguarding at the heart of what we do. The safeguarding updates are a great way to keep safeguarding in the forefront of staff minds.

Alan Rogers, The Duchess's Community High School

StudentSafe allows us to ensure that there is real time information in relation to safeguarding, behaviour etc. for each individual child, ensuring that we can then offer the appropriate level of support and intervention as we need to. It allows for effective and accurate tracking of different information to use as evidence where appropriate - SEND referrals, reports to social care, the police and other external agencies.

Orla Gibbons, Head, Sutton in Craven C of E Primary School

StudentSafe ensures thorough chronological records and filtering and management of records to enable viewing and contributing by those who need to in a timely manner.

Fiona Wharton, Headteacher, Guiseley Primary School

StudentSafe is invaluable! In a three-form entry school with four DDSL's, we needed a safe and secure way of tracking important notes so that we were all aware of the whole picture for a child. We use the system for first aid and behaviour alongside safeguarding so we have a very full picture of the whole child. This enables us to spot additional vulnerabilities and makes welfare checks and MARFs easier and quicker to write, so children get the support they need without delay.

Emiley Davies, HT, Mayespark Primary School

As all staff are able to access CPOMS, everyone can instantly record any concerns which are immediately shared with the DSL team, meaning prompt responses can be implemented. It is very useful having instant access to the chronology for each child, as this helps us with our monitoring and reviewing of safeguarding incidents. We also find the report functions very helpful with our tracking systems and analysis. We could not imagine managing without CPOMS now, as it such an embedded part of our school procedures.

Sharon Vanns, Hadlow Primary School

CPOMS is invaluable; without this system we could not be as effective as we are in our safeguarding practise and procedures. I wonder how we managed before it was created!

Kirsten Matthews, Deputy Headteacher/DSL/SENCo, Sandy Lane Nursery and Forest School

StudentSafe significantly enhanced my ability as a Family Wellbeing Worker to safeguard students more effectively. The platform enables real-time, secure sharing of concerns and relevant information, ensuring that all safeguarding leads and support staff stay fully informed. It has improved communication between teams and helped identify patterns of concern much earlier, which allows for more timely and appropriate interventions. Overall, it has streamlined my workflow and strengthened the multi-agency approach to student wellbeing.

Zuhal Cetinkaya, Lawnswood School

CPOMS StudentSafe has allowed us to monitor and build a bigger picture for our children and families. It has allowed us to ensure all incidents are actioned and shared with relevant staff. We have used the reports to support court proceedings as well as SEND assessments and referrals.

Jackie Molloy, DSL and Family Support Worker, Tithe Farm Primary School

StudentSafe allows my school to record all pastoral matters relating to a child to allows the Senior Leaders to look for patterns and trends to ensure that interventions can be timely and effective. Children and families are better supported and all evidence and actions are documented and shared. As far as GDPR and DSAR, removing these recording off email logs to CPOMS allows my staff to keep records and tracking of communications in one place and it keeps it professional and easily managed. It allows me to know that my staff deliver on our "culture of no surprises" and the best personal and professional service to children and families.

Joe Knight, Head Teacher, The White House Preparatory School & Woodentops Kindergarten

CPOMS is very easy to use and to share information with colleagues. It allows you to store documents attached to students such as child protection records etc. Running a chronology for other professionals again is quick and easy and you can choose the format of any report that you run e.g. spreadsheet, PDF etc. Seeing an overview of a student with who has been involved with that young person and what has been done is also really useful. It is a secure system and we have had no issues with the way it runs.

Julie Davison, Student Support Manager, Darlington College

As a safeguarding lead, the first question I would be asking is - why aren't you using CPOMS? A system that allows you to record, share and track concerns and incidents, is the key element of what keeps every school safe. Added to this, CPOMS provides you with the ability to tailor and adapt to the needs of the children, staff and other professionals. School is a busy, dynamic environment, and keeping everyone up to date and informed is challenge; without CPOMS - we would be lost!

Robert Mann, Chalfont St Giles Junior School

Records are stored electronically secure, but are so easily accessible from anywhere with added 2-factor authentication. Alerts to and from staff make communication around child protection easier and less time-consuming. The system is attractive and user-friendly with everything you need in one place. Managing documents like UNOCINI etc and training resources is easier and hard copies are no longer needed to be printed saving time and money, also better for the environment. Reviewing, preparing reports and distribution of these is all easy and electronic. The filters and categories make case management of multiple children a dream. We could not operate as well now without CPOMS at the heart of our school safeguarding management and processes. It has been a blessing to us.

Nigel Arnold, Principal, Glengormley Integrated Primary School

The availability and ease of access to chronological information is a great asset both from a documentation point of view but hugely time saving.

Rose Cope, Headteacher, Hornbeam Primary School

StudentSafe allows us to share information quickly and clearly and keep a rolling record of concerns from all corners of the school and locality.

Gemma Clarke, Assistant Headteacher for Welfare and SEND, Roman Hill Primary School

CPOMS StudentSafe has allowed for greater detail, more coherent and thorough follow up. It is a quick, efficient and effective tool for staff to log concerns.

Kim Ayrton, Springwater School

I honestly couldn't do my job effectively without CPOMS StudentSafe; all the information I need is at hand in one place and is easily accessible when writing reports or sharing information with professionals in a meeting or a conference.

Helen Towers, Fellgate Primary School

CPOMS is a great tool on which to safely store all sensitive data in one place. It is easy to upload documents to and even links attendance data. What saves a lot of time for me is that it alerts other staff that you have selected, to read the entry, ensuring that all DSL/DDSLs are kept in the loop.

Lucy Neal, Headteacher, Stocks Lane Primary School

We use CPOMS for the recording of all welfare and safeguarding related interactions with our players. It is invaluable at providing chronological reports and also allowing the early identification of trends, issues and changes of behaviour from the norm.

Karen Crosland, Head of Safeguarding, Huddersfield Town Football Club

CPOMS has transformed our recording of safeguarding concerns. It is invaluable and we cannot imagine ever being without it now.

Sally Cave, Headteacher, Guildford Nursery School and Children's Centre

We have found CPOMS invaluable in providing a chronology of our records, allowing all DSPs to have access to the latest information about pupils and enabling us to pass on records securely to new schools. Using CPOMS has saved us time and has ensured safeguarding systems are robust. During a recent Safeguarding audit and an Ofsted inspection, inspectors were very happy with our record keeping systems.

Melissa Peacock, Headteacher, Hillshott Infant School and Nursery

Such a reliable service and recording all concerns. We just couldn't do without it.

Fiona Bate, Bate, Hodgson Academy

1. StudentSafe CPOMS StudentSafe is an invaluable tool to use in any educational setting. Not only does it give you a central location to record all concerns but has features to help easily navigate through numerous concerns and filter into categories to provide clear chronologies when building case studies and evidence for reviews, meetings and Ofsted. The ability to be able to set different user groups up with differing levels of access highlights how well thought out and planned the platform is to meet all needs. Further to this the bolt on of data sharing between establishments, for students who are on dual roles enhances a schools ability to be able to safeguarding those students more effectively from afar as they may attend alternative provisions. This information sharing between schools and colleges is effective and a great time saver. If ever we need help or support we are confident in the support offered by CPOMS and would struggle to safeguard as effectively without this platform. 2. Cases & Forms Although we are relatively new to using the Cases and Forms function it has already had a significant impact on how we work as a team. With a safeguarding team of over 15 members of staff, we have found that the cases function has allowed us to create more effective supervision notes based on categories such as bullying, all levels of social care plans and involvement and also 1:1 and external support offered to our students. The cases allows you to assign staff tasks with deadline which makes life easier in a busy environment. The forms you can build into CPOMS has reduced the constant search for where you have saved information as it is all stored on CPOMS – it has revolutionised how we are able to deal with safeguarding.

Andrew Russell, Designated Safeguarding Lead, Bradford Forster Academy

StudentSafe has significantly enhanced our ability to safeguard students more effectively at BIS Hanoi. As a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), having a comprehensive platform like CPOMS has been transformative. It allows me to monitor individual students, year groups, and targeted cohorts with ease, ensuring that no concern goes unnoticed. The system's intuitive design supports a proactive approach to safeguarding, enabling timely interventions and informed decision-making. More than just a monitoring tool, CPOMS plays a vital role in helping us build a strong safeguarding culture across the school. It empowers staff at all levels to contribute to student welfare, creating a shared responsibility and clear accountability. The platform's detailed reporting and secure communication features ensure that we are always aligned and responsive. I firmly believe that CPOMS is the right platform to support a whole-school safeguarding ethos. It aligns perfectly with our commitment to student wellbeing and ensures that safeguarding is not just a process, but a core part of our school culture. CPOMS has had a significant and measurable impact on our safeguarding practices at BIS Hanoi. It has become an integral part of our safeguarding language and is embedded in our daily conversations about student safety. One clear example of its impact was how CPOMS data highlighted recurring concerns around cyber bullying. This insight led us to review and strengthen our approach to digital safety, including targeted interventions and updated policies. Furthermore, CPOMS provided tangible evidence that directly informed the development of our Wellbeing curriculum. By identifying patterns and emerging trends, we were able to tailor our curriculum to address real and current student needs. This has not only improved our proactive safeguarding efforts but also enhanced student engagement and awareness around key wellbeing topics.

Rob Taylor, DSL, British International School Hanoi

CPOMS is fundamental to our successful operation as a safeguarding team. It ensures that safeguarding always sits at the heart of our culture and strategy. We have a large safeguarding team and CPOMS allows each team member to have oversight of their assigned cases and have an overview of current cases within the college with ease. It allows me as DSL to ensure that I am fully informed at all times of all cases and updates. The ability to link students into one case and the ability to define your own safeguarding categories as an institution means that record keeping is outstanding. On concurrent inspections it was specifically commented that our safeguarding practices were meticulous and highly effective. We regularly use the reporting functions to ensure that the governing body and senior team are fully abreast of any patterns and emerging trends. Resultantly as a college we make strategic and proactive decisions to ensure that our students are the safest they could possibly be whilst in our care. Operating without CPOMS is inconceivable and we continue to shape the system to meet our new and emerging individual college needs, something that we know supports our future cohorts.

Donna Trusler, DSL, Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College

StudentSafe has significantly enhanced our ability to safeguard students by streamlining the way concerns are recorded, monitored, and addressed. All staff members are able to log concerns quickly and securely, ensuring that important information is not missed or delayed. As a safeguarding lead, I can monitor entries in real time throughout the day, which allows me to respond promptly and effectively to emerging issues. The reporting system has also saved valuable time in meetings. Instead of gathering information from multiple sources, I now have all relevant data in one central place. This not only improves efficiency but also strengthens our ability to provide coordinated support for students. The ability to collate and track patterns of concern over time has been invaluable in informing next steps and ensuring no student falls through the gaps. Overall, StudentSafe has become an essential tool in our safeguarding practice – improving communication, accountability, and ultimately, student welfare.

ELEFTHERIA (ELLIE) LIOUDAKI, Byron College

CPOMS has become an indispensable tool for us, not only for safeguarding but also for managing pastoral concerns, and, where appropriate, supporting SEN and medical needs. We don't use CPOMS purely reactively; it underpins our proactive approach to student welfare. By enabling early identification and connecting key information across teams, it helps us respond more swiftly and tailor interventions more effectively to meet the individual needs of our students.

Claire Simmonds, Assistant Head Teacher & Designated Safeguarding Lead, St George's International School, Luxembourg ASBL

StudentSafe allows vast and complex information to be presented in a meaningful way. In particular, the addition of the Cases & Forms module has transformed the way we manage workloads and review progress with safeguarding and child protection. It has allowed our large team of DDSLs to be more efficient and for strategic decisions to be made more easily.

Becci Wadeson, DSL, Burnage Academy for Boys

We use CPOMS as a Safeguarding Team to capture key information and add actions taken. This provides a really useful evidence log to ensure we can pass on key information when required to keep children safe. The Attendance and Inclusion Teams also use the system to log information and it means that we can then provide a joint up responses to cases to support children and their families. It is great that the system can be made bespoke to each school so that they can log information in a way that suits them. We have modified our system as time has gone on to streamline information adding and sharing or to adapt to the changing landscape of safeguarding.

Rupa Barson, Churwell Primary School

It's all really good. It has saved time, allows us to keep all children in mind, and fundamentally keeps them safe. The updates this year have improved the platform, and it is so easy to use for all concerned. I really don't know how we used to do it all on paper.

Thomas Rowell, DSL, Samuel Whitbread Academy

We were previously using a paper based system which some days required updates, reprinting and sharing information several times a day. We now have CPOMS in place and so we can all input information at any time and share with anyone that needs to know, in order to ensure everyone is up to date and aware of everything they need to be aware of. CPOMS has saved me personally hours of work, spread the load across the whole team, and ensured every pupil in this school is effectively safeguarded, in terms of information sharing.

Sally Dreckmann, Headteacher, Rose Green Infant School

As a school and setting we have been using CPOMS since 2019. Over the years it has been instrumental in ensuring that Safeguarding and Child Protection remains at the heart of what we do everyday. In one specific Child Protection case, our CPOMS records were key evidence that was used by a court, barristers and ultimately the Judge, when making a crucial decision about a child, their safety and their future. The ability to record concerns, information and updates about all aspects of a child's life in one place facilitates the sharing of information with all key staff working with any child in our school. In turn this enables us to flag the need for support or intervention as early as possible. In our most recent OFSTED inspection one of the positives that was recognised was our early identification of needs and concerns in order to prevent and limit any further harm. It is through our rigorous, accurate and robust record keeping with CPOMS that we are able to ensure that no child 'slips through the net'. As a Designated Safeguarding Lead I could not do my job and fulfil my legal and moral responsibilities without CPOMS as an essential tool for the role.

Debra Adams, Deputy head DSL, The Priory Primary School

Once we get to know the incident the pastoral support and it getting merged with earlier information helps in dealing with case better.

Snehalatha Tolasati, Designated Safeguarding Lead, Chirec International School. Telangana, India

CPOMS StudentSafe has really helped us to be able to enable all staff to engage in promoting the wellbeing and safety of students across the school. Staff knowledge and their proactive approach has really helped us both monitor and improve the student experience.

Andy Edmonds, Principal, Regents International School Bangkok

StudentSafe has significantly enhanced our safeguarding practice by streamlining the recording and reporting of concerns, enabling timely interventions and clearer oversight. It supports a more proactive safeguarding culture by allowing staff to easily log concerns, track patterns, and collaborate across roles. The system reinforces accountability, strengthens information-sharing, and ensures that no concern is overlooked.

Owen Walters, Trust Safeguarding Manager, ANTHEM SCHOOLS TRUST

CPOMS StudentSafe significantly enhances our ability to safeguard students effectively by providing a centralised, secure, and highly responsive system for recording and managing all safeguarding, wellbeing, and pastoral concerns. One of its key strengths is the use of bespoke forms, which can be tailored to our school’s specific safeguarding priorities. These forms ensure consistency in how concerns are recorded while allowing staff to provide relevant detail quickly and clearly. This structured approach makes it easier to monitor patterns and track ongoing issues over time, enabling more proactive and targeted interventions. The audit report feature, reviewed weekly by the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), allows for a strategic overview of all safeguarding activity. This regular scrutiny ensures that no concern is overlooked, that follow-up actions are completed, and that trends—such as repeat concerns for individual pupils or recurring issues within year groups—are identified early. It also strengthens our ability to evaluate the effectiveness of our safeguarding processes and make data-informed decisions. CPOMS also significantly improves communication and collaboration between staff and external stakeholders. All staff can log concerns immediately, and designated safeguarding leads (DSLs) are notified in real-time, enabling swift action. The system supports clear internal communication between DSLs, pastoral leads, and teachers, promoting a joined-up approach to student welfare. Furthermore, CPOMS supports information sharing with external agencies such as the local council safeguarding team, ensuring timely and accurate referrals and evidence-based discussions in multi-agency meetings. Overall, CPOMS StudentSafe allows us to maintain vigilant, consistent, and accountable safeguarding practice, ensuring every concern is recorded, reviewed, and followed up appropriately. It empowers staff at all levels to contribute to a culture of safeguarding, enhances oversight through regular audits, and strengthens our relationships with external partners – all of which help to keep our pupils safe.

Jill Elam, Player Welfare Manager, Shelf Junior and Infant School

CPOMS has transformed the way we manage safeguarding and pastoral care in our school. Its actions log ensures that nothing is ever missed and every concern is followed up, giving us complete confidence that our children are supported promptly and appropriately. The system allows staff to record information quickly and securely, meaning no detail is lost, and patterns of concern can be identified early. As a headteacher, I have found CPOMS invaluable for reporting to governors and sharing information with other professionals, providing clear, well-organised records that support informed decisions and effective interventions. It has become an essential tool for ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our pupils, and I would highly recommend it to any school looking to strengthen their safeguarding and pastoral systems.

John McDonald, Headteacher, St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Wirral

I used CPOMS in my previous school in the UK and now in my current school in the UAE. In both cases, I can honestly say CPOMS has revolutionised how we keep children safe, particularly in terms of how we share that information across the staff. In the international set up, the children and staff are more transient. CPOMS helps with the handover and ensures all my staff are accountable in understanding the children sat in front of them. From my position as Principal, we meet monthly and annually to review the analytics and look for trends and patterns in behaviour / safeguarding to see how we can adapt. I wouldn't be without it.

Ian Pugh, Principal, Al Ain British Academy

As a multi-academy trust, with thousands of students across tens of sites spanning multiple local authorities, CPOMS StudentSafe is invaluable in allowing me as the Trust Safeguarding Lead, to securely access any pupil's safeguarding record instantly from my desk. It contributes greatly to our oversight of safeguarding across the trust, allowing us to sample and quality assure safeguarding records without needing to physically visit the site.

Steve Watts, Trust Safeguarding Lead, Unity Schools Partnership

Our specialist setting supports children who are neurodiverse and have additional needs in areas such as mental health and communication. Many have experienced complex trauma or have broader vulnerabilities. As such, working with these children involves communication with families and a wide range of different agencies on a regular basis. StudentSafe provides a platform where a comprehensive chronology can be maintained in a secure location. We have been able to build our categories and staff access around our specific needs to ensure that logs can be made by all but only seen and actioned by those who need to know. The adaptive reporting features have been useful when needing to provide overviews of concerns with other agencies and also when consulting with alternative provisions. Additionally, these reports have been beneficial when carrying out audits and reviewing patterns in areas of need as we have been able to analyse data relating to specific areas of concern or specific areas of the school. Overseeing a large number of complex students would be exceedingly difficult without a secure central platform, CPOMS StudentSafe has provided us with that and ultimately has enabled us to keep students safe.

Ben Garton, The Keystone Academy

As an ALP we use CPOMS Engage to connect and share concerns with our learners host school, this has been beneficial in ensure all concerns are shared in a timely manner, increased collaborative working with host schools and ALP to ensure we are safeguarding our learners effectively.

Hollie Bryant, DSL, Elmtree Learning Partnership

StudentSafe enables senior leaders to know concerns about all pupils across the school and ensures all pupils are kept safe. Patterns of safeguarding issues can be identified and intervention can then be put in place to support those pupils who need. An excellent resource that we cannot do without.

Lynne Williams, Headteacher, Bryn Coch School, Mold, North Wales

Having used CPOMS for a number of years, we are able to keep all information in one place, ensuring that all staff receive information about pupils that they are involved with. A confidential way of uploading documents that can transfer with the pupil to another school.

Nia Goldsmith, Head, Ysgol Ty Ffynnon

CPOMS is a very simple and straightforward system which is very user friendly, and accessible to all.

Kizzie Garner-Hughes, Ysgol Bro Pedr

Having a system that staff have access to record concerns straight away means it can be followed up immediately and effectively when required. Having access to past history gives a chronology that can be used when dealing with current situations that may be as a result of previous incidents. To be able to report data as and when required is really helpful as it gives an oversight of recurring or new concerns over a period of time. This is also useful when completing the school safeguarding audit and the Local Authority's end of year report. This also can be useful when parents are asking for the safeguarding report to give them an oversight of what has been completed when there are high level concerns being raised. In addition to this if required by the police it can be a useful report. The system has lots of additional benefits that are not currently used but are there if required. It saves an enormous amount of valuable time in that key staff have access to the recordings which saves time having to chase people for their input and views as we ask staff to record everything that has been seen, said and to use students language.

Karena Anderson, Senior Designated Safeguarding Lead, The City of Leicester College

Excellent chronologies where the rationale for SG team actions can be kept clearly. Notifications mean the team can work "live" in order to safeguard effectively.

Emma Horstrup, Acting Headteacher and DSL, Rainham Mark Grammar School

Clear, user friendly system with high quality support that helped the transition run smoothly.

Lucy Evans, DSL, Claregate Primary School

Holding all staff data in a single location that can then be drilled down into.

Tom Hutchinson, Headteacher, Rydal Penrhos School

CPOMS makes safeguarding recording much more streamlined. If reports are required for incidents or students it is quite clear and concise.

Glynis Killington, DSL, Taverham High School