Safeguarding for SEND training

This course is aimed at education professionals, but the learning is also relevant to people working with children with SEND in other settings.

Everybody working with children and young people has a responsibility to safeguard them from abuse and neglect.

Statutory guidance across the UK emphasises the need for people working with children with SEND to be alert to the additional risks they may face (Department for Education, 2023; Department of Education, Northern Ireland, 2017; Scottish Government, 2014; Wales Safeguarding Procedures Project Board, 2019).

Safeguarding children with SEND is also available to buy as part of our elearning training packages for primary and secondary schools.

At the NSPCC, we work to keep children and young people safe from abuse and neglect every day.

As experts in safeguarding and child protection, we understand the issues organisations and people working with children can face. That’s why professionals trust us to provide the support, training and resources they need to help protect the children and young people they work with.

Our highly-rated training courses are developed by experts. We work with a number of organisations, experienced consultants and subject matter experts in a range of sectors to develop courses that are clear, easy-to-use, up-to-date and in line with the latest statutory guidance, and tailored to your needs.

And as a charity, income generated from the sale of our training courses is reinvested back into the NSPCC to help protect children.

This elearning course is CPD certified by the CPD Certification Service. This means you can be confident that the training meets the highest standards.

Continuing professional development, or CPD for short, helps professionals keep their skills and knowledge up to date. It demonstrates your commitment to safeguarding children and upholding the standards of your profession.

Some professional associations have mandatory CPD or safeguarding training requirements for their members, but all professionals will benefit from investing time in their CPD. And taking an online CPD course means you can train at your own pace, wherever suits you.

Our online courses will work in most browsers, though we recommend that you use Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Safari (not Firefox). You will need to make sure your browser is up to date for the course to run.

This course can be taken on PCs and Macs, as well as iPads or other tablet devices. Please note, we are unable to provide full technical support for tablet users. We do not support other mobile devices.

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Call us on 0116 234 7246 or email learning@nspcc.org.uk if you have any questions.

Department for Education (DfE) (2023) Keeping children safe in education: statutory guidance for schools and colleges. [Accessed 01/09/2023].

Department of Education, Northern Ireland (2017) Safeguarding and child protection in schools: a guide for schools (PDF). Bangor: Department of Education.

Scottish Government (2014) National guidance for child protection in Scotland (PDF). Edinburgh: The Scottish Government.

Wales Safeguarding Procedures Project Board (2019) Wales Safeguarding Procedures. [Accessed 05/12/19]