Abuse and Neglect: Themed Safeguarding Set

You get a complete set of editable and ready-to-use resources to help you train staff and keep abuse and neglect awareness high across your school. Each document is designed to slot into staff meetings, briefings or ongoing CPD sessions.

☑️ Safeguarding scenarios

These editable Word documents give you realistic safeguarding situations to discuss with staff. Each one is written to work in both primary and secondary settings, making them easy to adapt to your school context. They help you explore different aspects of abuse and neglect in depth:

1. Physical Abuse – recognising signs of harm and responding appropriately
2. Emotional Abuse (Mistreatment, Language and Bullying) – addressing emotional harm caused by parents
3. Physical Abuse (Fabricated Illness) – identifying fabricated and induced illness as a form of physical abuse
4. Sexual Abuse (Adult Perpetrators) – spotting and responding to adult-perpetrated sexual abuse
5. Neglect (Failure To Meet Basic Needs) – understanding the impact of unmet basic needs on children
6. Neglect (Failure To Protect From Harm) – recognising wider neglect where children are not kept safe from known risks

☑️Safeguarding one‑minute guides (snapshots)

Quick-reference guides (PDF) to use in staff briefings or share as e‑bulletins. They reinforce key signs and responses in accessible, at-a-glance format:

• Physical Abuse
• Emotional Abuse
• Sexual Abuse
• Neglect
• Fabricated and Induced Illness (Physical Abuse)

☑️ Quick quiz

The Physical, Sexual, Emotional Abuse and Neglect Quick Quiz is a 10‑question, editable multiple‑choice safeguarding quiz designed to check staff knowledge and prompt deeper discussion. The questions are realistic, with no easy answers, helping staff think critically about how to recognise and respond to different forms of abuse and neglect. It’s written for use with both primary and secondary staff teams.



The scenarios in this set are also available to purchase individually and as part of specific single‑issue safeguarding training bundles.

This resource is designed for designated safeguarding leads, deputy DSLs, child protection leads and safeguarding CPD coordinators who need flexible materials to train staff on abuse and neglect. It supports anyone with day‑to‑day responsibility for safeguarding to build staff confidence in recognising and responding to physical, sexual and emotional abuse, as well as neglect.

Headteachers, senior leadership teams and trust safeguarding leads can also use this set to plan and evidence whole‑school safeguarding CPD. The mix of scenarios, one‑minute guides and a safeguarding quiz makes it easy to integrate into staff meetings, briefings or strategic training plans while maintaining a clear focus on abuse and neglect.

• How confident are our staff in recognising the different signs of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, and neglect?
• What would staff do if they suspected a child was experiencing fabricated or induced illness?
• How do we make sure our team responds consistently when abuse or neglect concerns are raised?
• Are we giving staff enough realistic safeguarding scenarios to test their understanding beyond the basics covered in induction training?
• How can we use quick, focused CPD to keep abuse and neglect awareness high throughout the year?
• Do our current safeguarding training materials go beyond updates and cover the key safeguarding knowledge staff need to protect children?

If you’re ready to explore safeguarding CPD beyond a single theme, these resources give you a structured way to deliver ongoing training across the year.

Safeguarding Training Pack – Full Academic Year
A comprehensive training pack with scenarios, quizzes, one‑minute guides covering a wide range of safeguarding themes, plus KCSIE and Prevent Duty training sessions. Available in both primary and secondary versions to support whole‑school CPD throughout the year.

Termly Safeguarding Training Packs
If the full year feels like too much to start with, the autumn, spring and summer packs are a practical way to explore Honeyguide’s wider safeguarding offer. Each term includes a sequenced mix of scenarios, quizzes and guides for easy, timetabled delivery, with primary and secondary versions available.