This course will provide DSLs and Deputy DSLs with all they need to understand their roles and responsibilities with leading online safety in their school setting. If you are looking for clarification on what you need to do and how you need to do it, then register for this one-day Masterclass!
Ofsted’s review of sexual abuse in schools and college has highlighted the need for a focus on online safety:
“…nearly 90% of girls, and nearly 50% of boys, said being sent explicit pictures or videos of things they did not want to see happens a lot or sometimes to them or their peers.”
Schools have an essential role to play when considering child on child online abuse and other reported online safety concerns. Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 (KCSIE 2022) comes into force in September 2022 and the guidance has been strengthened to ensure that online safety is clearly viewed as part of the schools statutory safeguarding responsibilities. As such, it should be addressed in all relevant school policies and cover the key areas of risk.
The DSL has overall responsibility for online safety, and whilst they can be supported by deputies and other senior members of staff this cannot be delegated. According to KCSIE 2022 the DSL needs to show they have undertaken appropriate training or support to fully understand online risks.
KCSIE 2022 recommends an annual review by the DSL into their school’s approach to online safety.
If you have any specific questions, then you can email these into your trainers prior to the Masterclass.
Designated Safeguarding Leads and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads should attend.
Key Learning Objectives
At the end of this Masterclass you will be:
- Able to demonstrate you have taken the appropriate training in online safety
- Up to date with all of the changes to online safety contained in KCSIE 2022
- Clear on the role of the DSL in online safety and what that means in practice
- Identify different types of online harm and abuse and how they should be responded to
- Equipped to make necessary updates to school policies and procedures
- Better equipped to teach others about online safety
- Audit your approach to pupil online safety to ensure it complies with guidance
- Able to work towards creating a whole school culture to make children safe online Understand the role of the DSL
Facilitated by:
Ella Savell-Boss
Ella is an NSPCC accredited safeguarding trainer and Gestalt and Person Centred Therapist. Ella has over 20 years’ experience working in education and held the position of Director of Safeguarding for a large MAT. Ella provides safeguarding consultancy and training to education and other organisations supporting children both nationally and internationally. Ella is a Home Office approved Prevent trainer and has led on FGM education and support. Working in a wide variety of local authorities allows Ella to create a number of specialisms which include, wellbeing, DSL support and supervision, Domestic Abuse, FGM, Forced Marriage, CCE and CSE, managing disclosures and online safety, to include a few. As a trained therapist and NSPCC Accredited Safeguarding Trainer with 20 years’ experience in the education and safeguarding sector, Ella is well placed to advise and support through a range of tailored training and consultancy programmes.
Beth Davies
Beth has worked within safeguarding for over 10 years and has worked as a safeguarding officer within a secondary academy and now provides safeguarding training and education to a number of schools locally, nationally and internationally. Beth has held positions specialising in support victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence and her work has been praised as an example of best practice by Sandwell Children’s Safeguarding Partnership. Beth offers practical top tips for safeguarding leads and staff within both primary and secondary education as well as for adult safeguarding in many organisations.
