Child protection: annual safeguarding update for staff

The CPSLO Service Annual Safeguarding Update for academic year 2024-2025 is now ready. To access a copy of this please email cpsloadmin@hertfordshire.gov.uk

The pack has been updated this year to be an interactive PowerPoint to refresh delegates knowledge of What school and college staff should know and do to fulfil their professional duty to safeguard and Promote the Welfare of Children in accordance with, Part One, Annex B of Keeping Children Safe in Education DfE 2024 (KCSiE).

This does not replace formal three yearly statutory training. It is available to those schools who have purchased whole school Safeguarding Children Training from the CPSLO service in the last 3 years or have a session booked in the future.

The DfE's KCSiE (2024) stipulates that all staff should receive appropriate safeguarding and child protection training which is regularly updated (every 3 years in Hertfordshire). In addition, all staff should receive safeguarding and child protection updates (for example, via email, e-bulletins and staff meetings), as required, and at least annually, to provide them with relevant skills and knowledge to safeguard children effectively.

This annual update package should not replace staff reading Part One, Annexes B and C of KCSiE and the setting’s child protection policy.

Please note - the expectation is that the package is for the sole purpose of use in your school/college and should not be shared with others.