Tips, Ideas, Guidance and Advice for School Leaders

Discover everything about Ofsted's new safeguarding evaluation area in the 2025 framework. Get expert guidance, preparation tips and essential resources including audit tools to help your school succeed under the new 5-point grading system starting November 2025.

Ofsted’s new toolkit is delayed until September 2025, with inspections from November. Discover what has changed in Ofsted inspections 2025 and how to prepare effectively despite the delay.

Learn how to monitor safeguarding effectively in schools, beyond checklists. What Ofsted looks for, what to review and how to turn insight into action.

A full INSET in September isn’t always enough. Explore how to keep safeguarding training active, staff confident and pupils safe all year round.

Discover how scenario-based safeguarding CPD builds staff confidence, not panic. Practical, quick activities to support real-world judgement and training.

The 2024 Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) draft has been released today. This quick summary shares all you need to know.

Does the thought of an audit fill you with dread? Fear not! In this blog, we look at how auditing can be positive for school leaders in 2025.