Designated Safeguarding Lead Person Refresher Course
Keeping Children Safe in Education and Government guidance requires Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL) to complete refresher training every two years.
This course will revisit the roles and responsibilities of the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), new safeguarding guidance, initiatives, reflections and challenges of the role. It will provide participants with the opportunity to share safeguarding experiences with their DSL colleagues.
The course will also provide updates on safeguarding legislation and guidance - the current Keeping Children Safe in Education, and Working Together to Safeguard Children, that affect Safeguarding and Child Protection.
Pupils will:
- be safer and have safeguarding needs met in an appropriate and timely manner
Practitioners will:
- understand the child protection responsibilities of the designated safeguarding lead person
Settings will:
- be safer organisations and compliant with government/statutory guidance
This course is designed for those acting as the designated safeguarding lead person for child protection, or their deputies, or those who have previously attended the full day Designated Safeguarding Lead Person initial training
100% of attendees to have completed feedback, would recommend this course.
Date
12th November 2025 (9:00am - 12:30pm)
Venue
The Professional Development Centre (PDC) at Eltham
Tutors
Lead Practitioner from Proactive Safeguarding
Cost
£60 for RBG schools
£70 for non-RBG schools
Please note this course is not targeted to Private, Voluntary and Independent (PVI), and Childminder settings. Please see DSL courses available via PVI Course Bookings
Date
21st January 2026 (9:00am - 12:30pm)
Venue
The Professional Development Centre (PDC) at Eltham
Tutors
Lead Practitioner from Proactive Safeguarding
Cost
£60 for RBG schools
£70 for non-RBG schools
Please note this course is not targeted to Private, Voluntary and Independent (PVI), and Childminder settings. Please see DSL courses available via PVI Course Bookings
**Intermediate Safeguarding Level 2**
This in person classroom based training builds on Level 1:
for Level 3: Designated Safeguarding Persons.
This course covers key safeguarding risks and provides
best practice approaches to protecting children and
young people, upholding high professional standards in
providing a robust and rigorous safeguarding culture. It
includes updates on most recent legislation changes and
incorporates local safeguarding and child protection
themes from Greenwich Safeguarding Children’s
Partnership.
- Course Aims: This course equips participants with
- knowledge & skills to
- explore ways of working with complex family situations
- have increased awareness of specialist safeguarding issues such as domestic abuse and violence, FGM, substance misuse, county lines, PREVENT, abuselinked to faith & belief
- consider Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews in depth
- recognise need for professional curiosity, proactive partnership working, information sharing and ways of developing confidence in staff to be alert to the risks surrounding children
- know what makes a good quality referral toChildren’s Services Social Care
Qualified Practitioners & Playworkers
Leaders & Managers
Childminders
Lead & Deputy Designated Safeguarding Persons
Nominated Individuals
Key Members of the Governing Bodies
Leaders & Managers
Childminders
Lead & Deputy Designated Safeguarding Persons
Nominated Individuals
Key Members of the Governing Bodies
Secondary RE Subject Leader Network Meetings
We would like to invite secondary RE Subject Leaders to attend a series of network meetings that will take place over the course of the academic year. The meetings will be a fantastic opportunity to meet colleagues from different schools, share good practice and discuss current research and initiatives.
The sessions will be run by Rahima Choudhury, Curriculum Leader of Guidance at Tallis & Associate RE Lecturer at Goldsmiths, as part of the work with RBG EYFS/Primary Strategy Group. Rahima has been running a successful primary and secondary RE hub in Greenwich for several years. Rahima is passionate about her subject and wants to share this passion across Greenwich schools.
The sessions will include:
- Opportunities for leaders to reflect on their leadership of RE and identify areas to develop back in school
- Explore Threshold Concepts; look at SACRE Syllabus and plan
- Collaborate and share best practice with RE leads across Greenwich
- A close look at progression of different strands of RE from Year 7 to YR13
- A deep understanding of substantive and disciplinary subject knowledge
- Understanding what excellence looks like
- Collaborate on building a bank of high-quality resources
We encourage RE subject leaders or RE teachers from all Greenwich secondary schools and with all levels of experience to join us.
** New Funding Provider Portal**
Essential training on how to use the new provider portal for funding claims, booking training and undertaking audits.
- Accurate and timely funding submissions for headcount
- Book training places for your setting
- Carry out Audits to comply with statutory requirements
- Carry out Eligibility checks
Managers and leaders, Business and Finance officers and Childminders