Designated Safeguarding Lead Resources

Looking to boost key messages about safeguarding and remind staff, volunteers and governors about the indicators of abuse, neglect and exploitation? This digital download bundle of eleven safeguarding posters is an ideal way to share reminders about common signs and indicators you might see for different safeguarding issues, including:

• Physical abuse
• Sexual abuse 
• Emotional abuse
• Neglect
• Domestic abuse
• Child-on-child abuse
• Bullying and cyberbullying
• Child sexual exploitation (CSE)
• Child criminal exploitation (CCE)
• County lines
• Sexual harassment and violence

Each poster is in PDF format, so can be printed and displayed or sent as part of your safeguarding newsletters, e-bulletins and communication. The posters are an ideal way to get staff thinking about what they notice about the children in their care as well as publicly broadcasting your commitment to keeping children safe.

Please note this is a digital download - you won't receive physical copies of the posters. These posters are also available as part of much more comprehensive pack to support school leaders with safeguarding: Safeguarding Training Pack - Full Academic Year

For DSLs and headteachers who need a structured, comprehensive way to report on safeguarding across the school to their governing board.

You'll get:

☑️ Annual Safeguarding Report to Governors – a fully editable 13-page Word document covering:

• safeguarding overview and culture
• safeguarding governor visit overview
• DSL and deputy DSL details and training
• safer recruitment information
• staff safeguarding training including Prevent duty
• induction procedures for new starters, volunteers and visitors
• alternative provision safeguarding arrangements
• Single Central Record (SCR) summary and compliance
• curriculum provision and safeguarding teaching
• space for narrative on pupil voice on safety and help-seeking, child-on-child abuse and whole-school culture, online safety filtering and monitoring including AI tools and cyber security
• referrals and cases including numbers of children in need plans, child protection plans, CME, LADO and Prevent/Channel referrals
•  allegations against staff and low-level concerns
• specific safeguarding risks covering a comprehensive range of risk areas
• multi-agency and external partnerships
• vulnerable groups oversight
• safeguarding-related policies and procedures
• KCSIE implementation
• a structured evaluation and improvement section including governor questions and challenges.

All sections are fully editable so you can adapt the template to your school's context and reporting cycle.

Ideal for designated safeguarding leads, headteachers and deputy headteachers preparing an annual safeguarding reports to governors. The template could be used termly as well.

👉 Ensuring that your governors know your school well - especially when it comes to safeguarding pupils - is a vital part of the leadership and governance of any setting. As such, this template can also be found as part of our Reports to Governors Template Bundle. A separate Headteacher's Report to Governors Template is also available to help you to work effectively with your governing board.

This training presentation pack has now been superseded by the 2025 version

👉 View the updated KCSIE 2025 Annual Safeguarding Refresher Training Pack here.

What does this 2024 safeguarding training pack contain?

Are you looking for a thorough and comprehensive safeguarding and child protection training INSET pack to inform school staff about the KCSIE 2024 updates this September? This cost-effective, ready-to-deliver safeguarding refresher PowerPoint, including accompanying scenarios and quizzes, is exactly what you need! In line with Part one of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2024, it’s an excellent time-saver for anyone responsible for delivering safeguarding training and updates at the beginning of the academic year, during INSET sessions and beyond.

When abuse or neglect is an identified safeguarding concern, DSLs often need a bank of flexible training resources they can use in staff meetings, briefings or CPD sessions. This set focuses entirely on abuse and neglect safeguarding training, helping staff recognise and respond to physical, emotional and sexual abuse, as well as neglect.

☑️ 6 safeguarding scenarios covering physical, emotional and sexual abuse plus neglect
☑️ 5 one‑minute guides to share as e‑bulletins or quick refreshers
☑️ 1 quick quiz to check staff confidence and understanding

Unlike a single‑session training bundle, this themed safeguarding set gives you a bank of scenarios, quizzes and guides to revisit over time and build confidence across your team, all aligned with KCSIE 2025.

When safeguarding risks are linked to a child’s home life, DSLs often need focused training materials they can draw on quickly to build staff awareness. This set provides safeguarding in the home training resources that help staff recognise and respond to domestic abuse, restrictive parenting, familial sexual abuse and wider home‑based vulnerabilities.

☑️ 3 safeguarding scenarios exploring domestic abuse, emotional abuse and familial sexual abuse
☑️ 5 one‑minute guides on key home‑linked safeguarding risks
☑️ 1 safeguarding quiz to check staff knowledge and prompt discussion

Rather than a single‑session training bundle, this themed set gives you a flexible bank of scenarios, quick reference guides and a realistic quiz you can revisit over time. It’s ideal for safeguarding CPD when concerns in the home environment are a priority and you need to build staff confidence across primary or secondary settings.

When bullying or prejudice-based behaviour is an active safeguarding concern, school safeguarding leads need practical resources they can use to build staff confidence quickly. This set provides child-on-child abuse safeguarding training materials focused on bullying in all its forms, including discriminatory prejudice-based bullying and cyberbullying.

☑️ 2 safeguarding scenarios exploring bullying and LGBT+ prejudice-based bullying
☑️ 3 one‑minute guides on child-on-child abuse and different bullying risks
☑️ 1 safeguarding quiz to test staff understanding of prejudice and discrimination

Unlike a single‑session training bundle, this themed set gives you a flexible mix of scenarios, quick reference guides and a realistic safeguarding quiz you can use across multiple staff meetings or briefings. It’s designed to help safeguarding leads strengthen whole‑staff understanding of bullying as a child-on-child abuse issue in both primary and secondary settings.

When sexual harassment or misogynistic behaviour between pupils is identified, school safeguarding leads need clear, realistic resources to help staff respond consistently. This set provides child-on-child abuse safeguarding training focused on sexual harassment, including online incidents, upskirting and harmful attitudes such as misogyny and incel culture.

☑️ 3 safeguarding scenarios exploring sexual harassment, online abuse and staff response
☑️ 3 one‑minute guides on key risks including upskirting and misogynistic behaviour
☑️ 1 safeguarding quiz to test staff understanding of child-on-child abuse

Unlike a single‑session training bundle, this themed safeguarding set gives you a flexible bank of scenarios, quick reference guides and a realistic safeguarding quiz you can revisit over multiple staff meetings or briefings. It’s designed to help safeguarding leads train staff to recognise, report and respond to sexual harassment in both primary and secondary contexts.

When child-on-child sexual violence is a concern in school, safeguarding leads need clear, practical resources to train staff on recognising and responding to it effectively. This set provides child-on-child sexual violence safeguarding training materials covering abuse in intimate relationships, youth-produced sexual imagery and wider child-on-child sexual violence.

☑️ 3 safeguarding scenarios exploring sexual violence and harmful sexual behaviour
☑️ 3 one‑minute guides on key risks including intimate relationships and youth-produced imagery
☑️ 1 safeguarding quiz to check staff understanding and prompt discussion

Unlike a single‑session training bundle, this themed safeguarding set offers a flexible mix of scenarios, quick reference guides and a realistic quiz you can use over multiple staff meetings or briefings. It’s designed to help safeguarding leads deliver staff training on child-on-child sexual violence in both primary and secondary contexts.

When concerns about child exploitation arise, school safeguarding leads need clear, practical resources to train staff on recognising and responding to complex risks. This set provides safeguarding training materials on both child criminal exploitation (CCE) and child sexual exploitation (CSE), including county lines, serious violence and contextual safeguarding.

☑️ 3 safeguarding scenarios exploring CCE, CSE and initiation or hazing-type violence
☑️ 5 one‑minute guides on key exploitation risks, including county lines and serious youth violence
☑️ 1 safeguarding quiz to check staff understanding and spark discussion

Unlike a single‑session training bundle, this themed safeguarding set gives you a flexible bank of scenarios, quick reference guides and a realistic safeguarding quiz you can use across multiple staff meetings or briefings. It’s designed to help safeguarding leads deliver staff training on recognising and responding to child exploitation in both primary and secondary settings.