To help you and colleagues prepare for the academic year ahead, we've created a list of our 10 key LGfL safeguarding resources and updates, including;
For a more detailed look at abundant LGfL SafeguardED resources that could help you over the forthcoming year, look here.
Visit kcsie.lgfl.net for:
Download these slides to find out how the statutory guidance has changed and what DSLs should do as a result.
Use these to evidence your staff's understanding of the guidance and see the national knowledge gaps from last year.
All staff are now expected to have read and understood Part 1, including auxiliary staff who may have EAL. Use our free translations to enable this. Available in 12 community languages.
These have all been updated to reflect the latest guidance and emerging risks, including AI chatbots and wearable technology.
These are all ready for you to customise and download at safepolicies.lgfl.net
Visit onlinesafetyaudit.lgfl.net for:
Use this to complete your annual review of your online safety as outlined in KCSIE and save time as it doubles up as your annual filtering and monitoring review!
Use our partially pre-populated template with the areas that LGfL cover for you as standard, reducing the workload on your audit even further!
We also have a separate online safety audit for non-school based early years settings which aligns with the EYFS and DfE guidance.
Our suite of free training and webinars is refreshed and ready to book at safetraining.lgfl.net, including:
DSL Refresher
Online Sexual Abuse
Neglect
Prevent
Child Criminal Exploitation
Navigating Gender Questioning Guidance
Safeguarding Training for School Governors
For schools that buy their broadband from LGfL, we also offer New to Role DSL Training, saving you £££'s!
Take a look at our updated:
45-minute self-service filtering training for DSLs, SLT and governors
Filtering and monitoring Review and Checks templates
Many schools now access LGfL-Senso monitoring, and the data generated is extremely helpful in thinking about how to safeguard children better.
To find out more, visit monitoring.lgfl.net
One of the hottest topics in safeguarding continues to be the risks associated with Gen AI. Has your leadership team established an explicit and robust approach to the use of such technologies by staff, governors, pupils and visitors? How is safeguarding at the forefront of this?
Use our free AI Policy Toolkit and other resources to help
Are you a DSL working with SEND pupils?
Did you know we run a half-termly forum to meet others in similar roles and explore safeguarding themes that are particularly pertinent to disabled children?
Join the forum and book your place: sendforum.lgfl.net
Alongside our newsletter, don't forget to sign up to be notified about our Safeguarding Blog posts. These will be published on Tuesdays, covering current safeguarding topics to help DSLs and school staff with the tricky task of staying updated on both online and offline safeguarding.
The National Education Network is hosting 6 free webinars about Artificial Intelligence. Some brilliant speakers are joining each of these, with a session specifically for DSLs, as well as others for Governors, Tech leads and Teachers.