30th September 2025 10am to 2:30pm

London Head Office in person

This session gives participants an understanding of the procedures and pre-employment checks which are vital in supporting safer recruitment and ensuring statutory compliance. 

Aimed at those staff responsible for providing administration support to recruitment processes, conducting safer recruitment checks and maintaining the single central record, it will cover:

• why the safer recruitment procedures are so important

• recruitment preparation supporting safeguarding

• the necessary pre-employment checks - who they apply to, how to conduct them and how to record them on SCRs and personnel files

• single central records and personnel files

• requirements for regular visitors/volunteers, governors, contractors and agency staff

The session will also consider the Trust’s Safer Recruitment Procedure and all of the template resources available to schools.

25th February 2026 9:30am to 11:30am

Virtual via Google Hangout

This safer recruitment course supports schools to revisit and effectively discharge their responsibilities for safer recruitment. 

It is designed as a refresher for anyone who has attended an accredited safer recruitment course in the last three years and needs to update their knowledge and renew their certificate in line with acknowledged good practice requirements.

The course is ideal for Principals, senior leaders, safeguarding staff, school community councillors and all others in the education sector who are involved in staff recruitment and selection.

Participants revisit the skills they need to ensure that safeguarding is at the heart of their recruitment decisions. By the end of our course, participants will have:

• reflected on their understanding of offender behaviour

• identified key features of staff recruitment that help deter or prevent the appointment of unsuitable people

• considered policies and practices that minimise opportunities for abuse or ensure its prompt reporting

• identified areas of their own school’s local policies and practices with a view to creating a safer culture and fulfilling their organisation’s statutory responsibilities 

* This course is delivered as a two hour session by trainers accredited by the Lucy Faithfull Safer Recruitment Consortium. All participants who attend the full session and pass the assessment will be issued with a certificate of attendance.