KCSIE eLearning

Our KCSIE Part 1 course is for staff working directly with children and KCSIE Annex A course is for those not directly in contact with children.

Our training picks up 2024 changes in Part 1 such as:

• The amended definition of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
• Additional early help indicators
• Content on abuse and neglect now including exploitation
• Domestic abuse and its impact on children
• Amended wording relating to children missing education

The training also highlights:

• everyone’s role
• the school’s systems for safeguarding
• safeguarding factors and indicators
• what action staff may need to take
• what staff need to do if they have concerns about a child
• what to do if they have concerns about someone working in the school
• how to identify abuse, neglect and exploitation.
• how to identify children in need of help or protection and who may not even recognise their experiences as harmful
• barriers to effective communication caused by vulnerability, disability, sexual orientation or language
• the importance of following school procedures in reporting low level concerns
• the law on forced marriages, which includes anything done to make someone marry before they turn 18, even if there is no pressure or abuse (this was first included in KCSIE 2023)
• The importance of understanding the school’s approach/procedures for filtering and monitoring online content and behaviours, including the requirement that all staff receive training on the school’s approach and how to escalate concerns (this was first included in KCSIE 2023)

Familiarity with the responsibilities and expectations of governors is particularly important as there is a specific requirement that all members of the governing body undergo suitable safeguarding training. We also offer this separate course on KCSIE Part 2 specifically for Governors focusing on the management of safeguarding.

Our training is designed to assist governors understand their responsibilities, picking up changes such as:

• The importance of staff being alert to children who are absent from school, particularly on repeat occasions and/or for prolonged periods

• Increased expectations around the school’s filtering and monitoring technologies, following the publication earlier this year of digital and technology standards for schools. These include expectations on:
  • Assigning roles and responsibilities within the school
  • Blocking harmful and inappropriate content
  • Effective monitoring strategies
  • Carrying out a review, at least annually

Familiarity with the responsibilities and expectations of governors remains important, given the introduction last year of a specific requirement that all members of the governing body undergo suitable safeguarding training.

This training also covers:

• legal and leadership responsibilities for safeguarding
• involvement in setting policies and procedures
• working with others
• the schools approach to online safety
• dealing with concerns and allegations about adults
• measures in place to deal with vulnerable children.
• the safeguarding implications of the governing body’s legal responsibilities under human rights and equalities legislation
• the importance of the governing body ensuring that the school’s DSL is properly supported and trained
• the significance of a ‘whole school’ approach to safeguarding, including how the school’s curriculum can promote pupil welfare

Select the number of courses you require for the number of users who need it:

• 1 course – £3/user
• 2-5 courses – £6/user
• 6-8 courses – £8/user

Plus annual subscription cost of £400 +VAT per annum.