Overview

Governors play a vital role in ensuring effective safeguarding within their organisation. Our Safeguarding for Governors course provides a tailored introduction to governors’ statutory responsibilities, helping them understand their legal duties and how to effectively monitor, challenge, and support safeguarding practice. The training covers key safeguarding principles, legal responsibilities, and good practice approaches to governance oversight. It also explores how to manage emerging safeguarding themes, including mental health concerns, online safety risks, and exploitation. Governors will develop the knowledge and confidence to champion safeguarding within their organisation, ensuring that policies are robust, compliant, and embedded in everyday practice.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the governance role in safeguarding, including strategic oversight, policy scrutiny, and accountability.
• Recognise key safeguarding risks, including online safety, exploitation, mental health, and peer-related harm, and understand how to mitigate them.
• Ensure that safeguarding policies, procedures, and reporting mechanisms are effective, well-implemented, and regularly reviewed.
• Support and challenge leadership to promote a strong safeguarding culture, ensuring all individuals feel safe and supported.