Safeguarding services

Meet our safeguarding consultant

Leading our safeguarding services, Mariann delivers our safeguarding reviews, policy development and staff training. With over a decade of experience in child psychology and safeguarding, she helps schools establish clear procedures, strengthen staff confidence and embed student wellbeing into everyday practice.

She brings direct school leadership experience as Designated Safeguarding Lead and Head of Pastoral Care at Geneva English School and the British School of Geneva, both in Switzerland where she also served on the senior leadership team.

When your school may need support

1. An inspection or accreditation review is approaching

An inspection or accreditation review is approaching, and you need to evaluate your safeguarding arrangements or evidence.

2. Leadership or staffing has changed

Leadership or staffing has changed and responsibilities, induction or safeguarding training is needed.

3. Policies have developed separately

Policies have developed separately, or reporting procedures are unclear and need revising or strengthening. 

4. A concern has exposed gaps in staff understanding

Gaps in understanding or how procedures work in practice have been identified. Training or culture change is needed.

5. Your school is opening or expanding

Your school is opening or expanding, with new age groups, campuses or activities necessitating new policies or training.

Our safeguarding services

Safeguarding review & action plan

A clear assessment of your current provision, with practical steps to strengthen it. Our review examines how your safeguarding policies translate into everyday practice.  

What the service includes 

  • Initial scoping meeting: agree the review’s focus, relevant standards and documents required. 
  • Document review: examine safeguarding policies, staff codes of conduct, recruitment procedures, induction materials and training records. 
  • Staff consultation: speak with leaders, safeguarding leads and a sample of staff about their responsibilities and confidence in reporting concerns. 
  • Reporting review: assess how concerns are raised, recorded and escalated. 
  • Written findings and action plan: set out strengths, gaps and recommended actions, with suggested owners and timescales. 
  • Leadership debrief and follow-up: discuss the findings and review progress against agreed priorities. 

Your school receives: a written review, a prioritised action plan and a leadership briefing.  

Safeguarding policy & procedure development

Practical documents that give staff clear responsibilities and a consistent approach. We help schools create or update safeguarding policies. 

What the service includes 

  • Safeguarding and child protection policy development: define responsibilities, reporting routes and procedures for responding to concerns. 
  • Staff code of conduct creation: address professional boundaries, one-to-one teaching, digital communication and appropriate contact with pupils. 
  • Safer recruitment procedures recommendation: clarify checks, references, responsibilities and record-keeping. 
  • Practical reporting tools proposed: develop reporting flowcharts, concern forms and escalation guidance, including routes for allegations against staff. 
  • Implementation materials: provide a staff induction checklist, policy acknowledgement record and review schedule. 
  • Leadership workshop: work through the documents and agree how they will be introduced, communicated and maintained. 

Your school receives: an editable policy and procedures pack, supporting templates and an implementation session. 

Safeguarding training for school teams

Relevant, practical training that prepares staff to act. 

Our training uses realistic school scenarios and your own reporting procedures to develop staff understanding and professional judgement. Sessions provide time to practise responses, discuss uncertainty and ask questions. 

What the service includes 

  • Training needs review: agree the audience, priorities and learning objectives with your safeguarding lead. 
  • Recognising concerns: explore signs of abuse and neglect, changes in behaviour and barriers that may prevent pupils from seeking help. 
  • Responding to disclosures: practise listening, responding appropriately and making an accurate record. 
  • Reporting and escalation: work through whom to contact, what to record and what to do if a concern remains unresolved. 
  • Professional boundaries: examine staff conduct, online communication and concerns about the behaviour of another adult. 
  • Scenario-based activities: consider situations relevant to your setting, such as peer-on-peer harm, one-to-one lessons or school trips. 
  • Learning checks and resources: use short knowledge checks, participant feedback and reference materials to reinforce learning and identify follow-up needs. 

Your school receives: tailored training, participant materials, an attendance record and feedback on further learning needs. 

Safeguarding supervision

Reflective, confidential support that helps safeguarding professionals navigate complex cases and strengthen their practice.

Safeguarding supervision provides a dedicated space to reflect on challenging safeguarding and student-support situations, explore different perspectives and support professional decision-making. Sessions also provide an opportunity to consider practitioner wellbeing and identify appropriate next steps.

What the service includes

  • Reflective supervision: create dedicated time to step back from complex safeguarding and student-support situations and reflect on professional practice.
  • Exploring complex cases: discuss challenging situations, consider different perspectives and work through areas of uncertainty.
  • Decision-making support: use supervision to consider options, professional judgement and appropriate next steps.
  • Practitioner wellbeing: create space to reflect on the personal and professional demands of safeguarding work and support ongoing wellbeing.
  • International school context: supervision focused on the particular context and challenges of safeguarding and student support in international schools.
  • Swiss child protection context: supervision aligned with Swiss child protection legislation.

Your school receives: A confidential space to reflect on complex situations, explore perspectives, support decision-making and identify next steps

Explore our other services for schools

We work with school leaders to deliver tailored training for staff and leadership, support for accreditation and evaluation visits, safeguarding, and substitute online teachers. 

Designed for international schools

We understand the unique needs of international schools and are experienced in: 

  • Online teaching 
  • International curricula 
  • Assessment preparation 
  • Differentiated instruction 
  • Working with multilingual learners 

School partnership benefits

Schools receive: 

  • Fast response times 
  • Dedicated account support 
  • Safeguarding documentation 
  • Teacher profiles and references 
  • Flexible contracts 

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