Education Safeguarding Guidance
Managing the Single Central Record can often feel challenging, with a wide range of checks to record and ongoing uncertainty about what is required. To help clarify this, Louis Donald, Principal Safeguarding Partner at EduShield, has produced a webinar that cuts through the confusion and clearly explains the statutory expectations, as well as what compliant practice looks like in reality.
The webinar is free to access and available here: https://www.edushield.org.uk/getting-the-single-central-record-right/
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