Keeping children safe

General communication

You said: A regular bulletin with safeguarding information would be useful. We did: Regular safeguarding briefings have been sent out to DSLs since March. These will continue to for the foreseeable future. Next year, we will be developing a safeguarding newsletter that will be sent out termly. Any contributions from DSLs (examples of good practice, information etc.) […]

Support with individual cases

You said: Advice needed on how to limit the impact of safeguarding concerns on achievement. We did: Flexibility in approach and adapting delivery of lessons to meet need. Specific cases can be discussed by contacting either Hayley Cameron, Education Safeguarding Manager, or Steve Welding, Education E-Safety Adviser. You said: We need more clarity around the status of cases. We are […]

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

Research – stakeholder surveys

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 2025 In the autumn term, 54% (38/70) of our settings attended the Early Years and PVI Designated Safeguarding Lead Update Sessions. For 2024-2025, 74% of our PVI settings attended the training. In the autumn term, 61% (25/41) of our schools attended the Primary Designated Safeguarding Lead Update Sessions. Booking issues and clashes have now been resolved. For 2024-2025, 93% of […]

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 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 going on to become […]

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 […]