Safeguarding Training Pack - Summer Term

The Summer Term Safeguarding Training Pack provides everything you need to deliver ongoing safeguarding CPD right through to the end of the academic year. Designed for designated safeguarding leads, deputy DSLs, child protection leads, headteachers and SLT, it enables a consistent, whole-school approach to staff training without adding to leadership workload.

✔️ Editable safeguarding training timetable
A clear week-by-week outline to help DSLs, CPD leads and safeguarding trainers plan regular safeguarding sessions across the summer term, ensuring key themes are revisited and embedded.

✔️ 12 safeguarding training scenarios (tailored primary and secondary versions)
Each scenario is written specifically for the relevant age range and comes with detailed DSL guidance to prompt discussion, explore risk indicators and strengthen staff confidence. Scenarios include:

• Staff Concerns: Promoting Extremist Views
• Staff Allegation: Harmful Response to Mental Health
• Misinformation and Disinformation Online
• Child-on-Child Abuse (Harmful Sexual Behaviours)
• Upskirting and Sexual Harassment
• Prejudice-Based Bullying (Race and Religion)
• FGM Concerns (Pre-Incident Signs)
• Honour-Based Abuse (HBA)
• Staff Concerns (Islamophobia)
• Sexual Abuse (Known Offenders)
• Modern Slavery and Exploitation
• Homelessness

✔️ Safeguarding snapshots (one-minute guides / eBulletins)
Twelve concise, one-page PDFs designed to reinforce understanding of key safeguarding issues. Ideal for staff briefings, email circulation or display in shared areas to keep awareness high through the summer term. Snapshots include:

• Online Safety
• Child-on-Child Abuse (Abuse in Intimate Relationships)
• Child-on-Child Abuse (Upskirting)
• Prejudice-Based and Discriminatory Bullying
• Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
• Honour-Based Abuse (HBA)
• Abuse Linked to Faith and Belief
• Modern Slavery
• Child Criminal Exploitation (Serious Violence)
• Child Abduction & Community Safety Incidents
• Private Fostering
• Cybercrime

✔️ Six safeguarding quick quizzes
Editable Word quizzes with 10 multiple-choice questions each, designed to check understanding of complex safeguarding themes and reinforce KCSIE 2025 updates. Quizzes cover:

• Online Safety, and Contact and Content Concerns
• Child-on-Child Abuse and Online Harms
• Harassment, Bullying and ‘Honour’-Based Abuse
• Faith, Belief and Honour-Based Concerns
• Exploitation and Community Safety
• Safeguarding Review

✔️ DSL training guidance
An eight-page PDF with practical ideas for running safeguarding sessions, making the most of the scenarios and tailoring the materials to suit your setting’s training needs.

With everything prepared and editable, the Summer Term Safeguarding Training Pack makes it straightforward to deliver regular, high-quality CPD that keeps safeguarding knowledge active and staff confident in recognising and responding to concerns.

The Summer Term Safeguarding Training Pack is designed for anyone leading or coordinating safeguarding CPD in a school, including:

• Designated safeguarding leads (DSLs) and deputy DSLs
• Child protection leads and safeguarding trainers
• CPD leads and those overseeing ongoing staff safeguarding development
• Headteachers, deputy heads and assistant heads
• Senior leadership teams (SLT) responsible for safeguarding culture and statutory compliance

Whether you are planning weekly staff meeting safeguarding training, delivering short CPD sessions or ensuring safeguarding stays a live conversation through the summer term, this pack offers structured, ready-to-use content to deepen staff understanding and build confidence in identifying and responding to safeguarding concerns.

Paragraph 12 of Keeping Children Safe in Education states:

“In addition [to receiving safeguarding training at induction], all staff should receive safeguarding and child protection (including online safety) updates (for example, via email, e-bulletins, and staff meetings), as required, and at least annually, to continue to provide them with relevant skills and knowledge to safeguard children effectively.”

This is the principle behind the Summer Term Safeguarding Training Pack. Rather than relying on one-off sessions or a single INSET day, it equips safeguarding leads to deliver ongoing CPD in short, regular bursts that keep safeguarding knowledge fresh and staff alert to emerging risks.

For monitoring and quality assurance, this consistent approach provides clear evidence that staff are being continually trained and prepared to act on concerns, helping ensure children are kept safe from harm.

The pack is designed to help you answer real questions safeguarding leads face each summer term, such as:

• How can we sustain safeguarding training throughout the summer term without increasing workload?
• What safeguarding scenarios are best for engaging primary or secondary staff in realistic discussion?
• How do I plan safeguarding CPD sessions that build on knowledge from previous terms?
• What’s an effective way to check staff understanding of KCSIE 2025 updates before the year ends?
• How can I build staff confidence in recognising and responding to complex or subtle safeguarding risks
• What one-minute snapshots or eBulletins can I use to reinforce key safeguarding topics between sessions?
• How do I keep safeguarding active in weekly staff meetings right through to the end of term?
• Where can I find safeguarding quizzes that challenge staff knowledge and prompt meaningful reflection?
• How can we explore sensitive safeguarding themes with staff in a safe, professional and supportive way
• What resources can help deputy DSLs and CPD leads deliver consistent, high-quality safeguarding CPD?

Thinking about auditing other areas of your safeguarding provision or further ways to train staff? These can help:

• Safeguarding Audit
• Prevent Duty Awareness Training and Audit Bundle
• Safeguarding and Child Protection Deep Dive Bundle

Have a look at what's in the pack here:

• Primary Safeguarding Training Pack - Summer Term
• Secondary Safeguarding Training Pack - Summer Term