Keeping children safe

Training

You said: Secondary DSL meetings are too short if visitors are invited along to share information. We did: In the summer term, we asked for feedback from schools regarding the future delivery of meetings. 92% of Secondary DSLs wanted to keep the structure the same. Going forward, we will add some time on to the meetings for […]

You said, We did for schools (2019-2020)

We regularly invite feedback on our service to make sure that we are able to provide the support that is needed around safeguarding. In this section, we have put together some of the popular questions from professionals and schools who took part in our annual satisfaction survey. We have compiled our responses based on the […]

You said, We did…

Please take a look at our ”You said, we did” pages over the last few years, by clicking on the links to the left

DSL Supervision Survey Evaluation (2021-2022)

DSL Supervision Survey Evaluation – 2021-2022 How useful have you found the DSL supervision sessions? 4/8 – 5 (Extremely useful) 3/8 – 4 1/8 – 3 Will you be requesting to continue attending DSL supervision sessions next year? 5/8 – Yes 2/8 – No 1/8 – Maybe Please comment on the factors below: Safeguarding advice […]

Reaching out to our Designated Safeguarding Leads

December 2024 In the autumn term, 66% (46/70) of our settings attended the Early Years and PVI Designated Safeguarding Lead Update Sessions. For 2023-2024, 56% of our PVI settings attended the training. In the autumn term, 93% (38/41) of our schools attended the Primary Designated Safeguarding Lead Update Sessions. For 2023-2024, 90% of our primary schools attended our training. In the […]

Sutton’s Local Children Safeguarding Partnership launch a new Child Safeguarding Toolkit

Sutton’s Local Children Safeguarding Partnership (LSCP) is delighted to launch a new and unique Child Safeguarding Toolkit- a comprehensive learning resource for everyone who comes into contact with children and young people. This is part of our longstanding commitment to help prevent future serious injury or harm to children. The Toolkit has been designed and […]

Meet the Safeguarding team

Below is some background information on the people behind Cognus’ Safeguarding service. Hayley Cameron Education Safeguarding Manager Hayley has worked in Sutton and Croydon Schools since 2005 and has been a Designated Safeguarding Lead since 2008. She was appointed as Deputy Head Teacher for Safeguarding and Pastoral Care at Avenue Primary Academy in 2015 before […]

Children Missing Education

Do you know a Child Missing Education? What a Child Missing Education means: A child ‘Missing Education’ is a child of compulsory school age who is NOT a registered pupil at a school and is NOT receiving suitable education otherwise than at a school (e.g. home educated or receiving paid for tuition) Section 436A of the Education Act 1996 (amended – Education and […]

Welcome information – Education Safeguarding

Meeting our service The Education Safeguarding Team provides training and support for schools and educational settings. This enables them to meet their safeguarding duties set out in government guidance. Families and young people will work directly with the Education Safeguarding Team in the case of a Child Missing Education (CME). A child missing education is a child […]

Commonly asked questions

We have put together a list of commonly asked questions. This is a live document and will be regularly updated by the Education Safeguarding Team. Commonly asked questions