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Safeguarding Updates
Description
Keeping up to date with safeguarding can feel overwhelming, particularly with ongoing updates and increasing expectations on schools. This short 20-minute session is designed to give you a clear overview of key safeguarding updates and how to make effective use of the materials available on the Leadership Hub.
We will walk through the most relevant updates and show you how to quickly access and use safeguarding resources to support staff training, briefings and ongoing professional development.
This session is ideal for school leaders and safeguarding leads looking for a quick, practical refresher with immediate takeaways at the start of the new term.
Safeguarding Guidance
At Veema, we recommend that all staff receive at least six hours of safeguarding training across the academic year. This is best delivered through separate sessions rather than one-off training.
We also provide three short safeguarding activities each year to check staff understanding of key terminology and safeguarding issues.
Your responsibilities
Safeguarding training should reflect:
- UK safeguarding best practice guidance
- Your international inspection framework
- The requirements of the country where your school is located
As DSLs and Senior Leaders, it is important to look beyond attendance and certificates. How confident are you that your staff understand safeguarding and can recognise and respond appropriately to concerns?
Online learning has an important role to play, but a certificate alone does not demonstrate understanding or create a strong safeguarding culture.
Useful resources
- Ian Curry’s safeguarding presentation
- Updated safeguarding policies on the Leadership Hub – HERE
- Change to the definition of regulated activity with children from 1 September 2026
- KCSIE 2026 update document
COMING SOON
Veema’s Single Central Register (SCR) Template for International Schools, with guidance on how to complete it.
About the Presenter
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Ian Curry
Ian has recently worked as a Deputy Headteacher at a large secondary 11-18 school.
Ian has a passion for demystifying safeguarding, believing strongly that confidence is the key to truly embedding that ‘golden thread’ of safeguarding throughout education. Ian believes in empowering each individual, uniquely placed in their role across education and childcare to recognise that they play a valuable role in safeguarding children.
A s a Deputy Headteacher (pastoral) Ian has worked as a DSL and has has extensive experience of delivering safeguarding and leadership training including undertaking full safeguarding school audits with UK and International schools.
His strategic work includes the development of safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures, as well as providing advice to head teachers, governors and designated safeguarding leads. Ian has also helped develop (and quality assured clear policies, and practice focused on school improvement and worked with others to monitor and evaluate their impact.