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Staff safeguarding confidence

Checks, two to four weeks after September training, whether staff feel confident recognising signs, recording and escalating concerns, using the low-level concerns policy, and responding to harmful sexual behaviour and online risk, so you can target follow-up training. About 5 minutes to complete.

What respondents read first

This survey is for all staff. It checks how confident you feel since September's training, so follow-up training goes where it is needed. It takes about 5 minutes and is anonymous: the school cannot see who answered, and results are only shown for groups of 10 or more. Written comments are read by the school. If one suggests that a child or an adult may be at risk of harm, including a concern about the conduct of someone who works with children, it goes straight to the school's safeguarding lead and is kept out of the report. If you are worried about a child now, tell the safeguarding lead today.
Fig. 1  The opening screen, word for word.

How anonymity works in this survey

  • The school cannot see who answered. Nothing is reported until 10 people have answered.
  • A group, such as one role or one year group, is shown only when 10 or more people in it have answered. Smaller groups are hidden.
  • An answer chosen by fewer than 5 people is hidden, along with enough others that it cannot be worked out by subtraction.
  • Written comments appear only once 10 people have answered.

See the anonymity rules working

The questions

Numbered in the order respondents see them.

Arrange the questions

Respondents choose

Which best describes your role?

  • Teaching staff
  • Support staff
  • Leadership
  • Other (for example volunteer or contractor)

This places each answer in a group for the report. It is the only question about the person answering.

Safeguarding culture9

  1. Question 1.

    I feel confident about my own part in keeping pupils safe here.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  2. Question 2.

    The safeguarding training I have had this year helps me in my day-to-day work.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  3. Question 3.

    I am confident I would recognise the signs that a pupil may be at risk of harm.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  4. Question 5.

    I know who the designated safeguarding lead is.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  5. Question 6.

    I know how to record a concern about a pupil on the school's safeguarding system.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  6. Question 8.

    After I raise a concern about a pupil, someone lets me know it has been picked up.

    How often: Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, Always

  7. Question 10.

    I understand what the low-level concerns policy asks me to share about adults' conduct.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  8. Question 11.

    I would feel confident sharing a low-level concern about a colleague's conduct.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  9. Question 16.

    What one thing would help you feel more confident about safeguarding here?

    Write your own answer

Reporting concerns3

  1. Question 4.

    I would pass on a small worry about a pupil, even if I was not sure it mattered.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  2. Question 7.

    I know what to do if the safeguarding lead is not available.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  3. Question 9.

    I know what to do if I feel a concern I raised has not been acted on.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

Harmful sexual behaviour2

  1. Question 12.

    I would know how to respond if a pupil told me about sexual harassment by another pupil.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  2. Question 13.

    I feel confident challenging sexualised language between pupils.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

Online safety2

  1. Question 14.

    I understand the online risks that pupils at this school are most likely to face.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  2. Question 15.

    I know what to do if the school's web filtering fails to block something harmful.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

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