Safeguarding
An Introduction to Safeguarding: Mainstream 2025/2026
Know what abuse can look like, what to say if a child tells you something, and who to tell next.
- 36 minutes
- 8 modules
- 0.5 CPD hours
- Certificate valid for 1 year
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What you'll learn
- Explain what safeguarding and child protection mean in your role
- Recognise signs of physical, emotional and sexual abuse and neglect
- Respond to a disclosure without leading questions or promises of secrecy
- Record a concern in the child's own words and pass it to the DSL
- Describe what changed in KCSIE 2025, including risks from AI and deepfakes
About this course
You might be the only adult who notices the bruise, the flinch or the child who has suddenly gone quiet. Whatever your job in school, you need to know what that could mean and what to do about it.
The course covers the four main types of abuse (physical, emotional, sexual and neglect) and the signs that can point to each, above all a change in a child's behaviour or appearance. If a child tells you something, you'll know how to respond: listen, believe them, never promise to keep it secret, write down their own words and go straight to your designated safeguarding lead.
It's up to date with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 (KCSIE), including newer online risks such as deepfakes and the misuse of AI, so it works as a refresher as well as a first course.
- For early career teachers, middle leaders and 5 other roles. All phases.
- 2025/2026
8 modules
Open in order
- 2 min
Introduction
- 3 min
What is Safeguarding?
1 question
- 4 min
What are your Responsibilities?
1 question
- 9 min
What is Abuse and Neglect?
1 question
- 6 min
Signs a Child Might Be Abused
1 question
- 4 min
What should you do if you think a child is being abused or neglected?
1 question
- 2 min
Wrap up
- 10 min
Updates for 2025/2026
1 question