Safeguarding
Introduction to Safeguarding – Special Schools 2026/2027
Learn to spot abuse in pupils who may not be able to tell you, and never let a child's needs explain away a worry.
- 1 hour 18 minutes
- 1 module
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Certificate valid for 1 year
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What you'll learn
- Recognise signs of the four main types of abuse in children with SEND
- Judge changes against a child's usual baseline rather than their diagnosis
- Respond to a disclosure made through behaviour, symbols, drawings or play
- Keep intimate care, medication and one-to-one work safe for pupils and staff
- Tell a low-level concern about an adult from an allegation, and report both
About this course
In a special school, the signs of abuse can look a lot like a child's needs. A bruise gets put down to seizures, distress at changing time to sensory difficulties, and a parent who always speaks for their child is simply taken as the expert. Children with SEND have been missed this way, and many can't tell you in words what's happening to them.
This introduction to safeguarding gives every member of staff the essentials, adapted throughout for the pupils you work with. You'll learn to judge any change against what that child is usually like, to recognise a disclosure made through behaviour, symbols or drawings, and to keep intimate care safe for the child and for you.
You'll also know what goes to your DSL, what counts as a low-level concern about a colleague, and why neither can wait until tomorrow.
- For early career teachers, middle leaders and 5 other roles. Primary, secondary and special. England only.
- 2026/2027
1 module
- 78 min
Introduction to Safeguarding – Special Schools 2026