Safeguarding
Safeguarding for Supply Staff: KCSIE 2026/2027
Walk into any school on supply knowing what to find out before the first lesson, and what to do if a child tells you something.
- 1 hour 10 minutes
- 9 modules
- 1 CPD hour
- Certificate valid for 1 year
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What you'll learn
- Find out six things in your first 30 minutes, starting with the DSL
- Respond to a disclosure without promising secrecy, and report it the same day
- Notice neglect and exploitation that familiar staff may have stopped seeing
- Handle a pupil who tries to show you an image on a phone
- Know where a concern about an adult goes, including one about you
About this course
On supply, you can walk into a building you've never seen, full of children you don't know, and within minutes one of them tells you something you have to act on. You might not yet know who the DSL is, let alone how to reach them.
Before you take responsibility for a single child, there are six things to find out in your first 30 minutes on site. You'll know exactly what they are. You'll get the KCSIE 2026 changes that affect you directly, including reading Part one in full now that the shorter Annex A has gone, and specific advice for SEN, primary and secondary settings.
Your fresh eyes are an advantage. You'll notice the child who's cold in a summer dress in December, where staff who see her every day may have stopped seeing it.
- For supply staff. Primary, secondary and special. England only.
- 2026/2027
9 modules
Open in order
- 6 min
Why this matters more on supply, not less
1 question
- 20 min
What’s changed in KCSIE 2026
1 question
- 6 min
Your first thirty minutes on site
1 question
- 12 min
Recognising and responding
1 question
- 7 min
SEN settings
1 question
- 5 min
Primary settings
1 question
- 6 min
Secondary settings
- 7 min
Concerns about adults, including you
1 question
- 4 min
Before you go
1 question