Safeguarding: The Governors role

This training session led by Sally Perkins is aimed at those Governors with assigned safeguarding responsibilities.

Sally Perkins is a National leader of Governance with twelve years’ experience as a governor and eleven years as a Chair of Governors in a variety of schools across the county. School Improvement is a passion for Sally and she especially loves developing Leadership and Management in schools. Sally specialises in governance, safeguarding, attachment and looked after children.

The training will explain the legal context for safeguarding in schools and will cover whole school safeguarding issues and the responsibilities of the governing body. The session will include an overview on Looked After Children (LAC) / Previously Looked After Children (PLAC) responsibilities. It will provide a role description for safeguarding lead governors and tools to enable them to undertake their compliance and monitoring roles.

Please note the venue for this event is subject to change depending on the Covid Situation. If the course cannot be delivered face to face it will take place online via Zoom.