How Ofsted inspects safeguarding in schools | Ofsted webinar for schools

In this webinar, we explore: what makes up an effective safeguarding culture; reasons why safeguarding may be ineffective; what might constitute a need for minor improvements; the checks inspectors might make on the single central record; how they report on safeguarding.

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Our panel:
- Lee Owston HMI, Deputy Director, Schools and Early Education
- Jonathan Keay HMI, Senior HMI, Schools and Early Education
- Anna Trethewey, Deputy Director, Cross Remit Education
- Claire Jones, Specialist Adviser, Policy, Quality and Training

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:27 About safeguarding
7:33 Outline of session
8:31 Practicalities of inspecting safeguarding
12:23 How we inspect safeguarding
23:43 Safeguarding pupils with SEND
26:06 The safeguarding judgement
28:20 Effective safeguarding
33:48 Ineffective safeguarding
34:18 Early monitoring inspections
36:33 Minor improvements
39:03 Safeguarding scenarios
39:28 Scenario 1 – safeguarding likely to be ineffective
44:39 Scenario 2 – safeguarding likely to be effective
49:00 Responses from surveys
50:03 Managing risk
50:47 Staff training
51:44 Thresholds and concerns
52:37 Summary of updates
54:19 Takeaway points
56:18 Questions
56:32 Q1: What training inspectors get
56:50 Q2: Filtering and monitoring
57:45 Q3: Views of a small number of pupils and outcome
59:59 Q4: Single central record
1:00:25 Q5: Impact of review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges
1:01:38 Q6: Views of children with SEND

Questions in full:
Q1: What training do Ofsted inspectors get?
Q2: How does Ofsted look at filtering and monitoring on inspection?
Q3: To what extent can the views of a small number of pupils influence the report outcome?
Q4: Who should be on the single central record?
Q5: Following the Ofsted review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges, how has Ofsted changed the way it inspects schools?
Q6: How do you make sure for children with SEND, especially when their ability to communicate is limited, that their views are being gathered?