Safeguarding Software for Schools

Working in a school is fast-paced and time is of the essence. Teachers and school staff can benefit from using safeguarding software that’s built into their school’s core MIS.

Let’s say a teacher suspects that a student’s mental health might be deteriorating. Without integrated software, they must scroll through multiple systems to gather information. When using safeguarding software that’s linked to the school’s MIS, the teacher could see at a glance that the student was aggressive with their form tutor, and their attendance is declining. This insight helps the teacher take appropriate action.

Access to joined-up data allows teaching staff to make more informed decisions faster.

Cloud-based built-in safeguarding software creates robust safeguarding audits and chronologies to help you make informed decisions, improve visibility, and give you peace of mind.

Schools using separate safeguarding software can struggle to create accurate audit trails, as they have to compile data from different systems.

With built-in software, you can record and view data from external partners such as educational psychologists and mental health professionals. Combined with school data, you can piece together a more detailed picture of student wellbeing.

Additionally, thorough chronologies can help with Ofsted and other regulatory reporting.

Solutions such as integrated student safeguarding software help you protect your students sooner rather than later.

Teachers need to be proactive and act quickly to stop potential harm to students. Using different systems to check information slows the safeguarding process and increases the chances of vital information falling between the cracks.

However, an MIS with built-in safeguarding software allows you to:

• Refer tasks to team members, such as arranging urgent meetings with OOSS (out-of-school-settings) such as local authorities
• Easily view connected contact details, such as mental health professionals, to promote information sharing
• Create detailed safeguarding plans using just one system.

Due to their increased use of technology and vulnerable age, students can form alarming views about subjects such as misogyny, religious extremism and violence and share them at school.

Recording your concerns using built-in safeguarding software helps you address issues immediately before a potential situation arises.

For instance, a student could become enamoured with harmful views. If the student were to share harmful messages with their group of friends in front of a teacher, the teacher can log their concerns using safeguarding software.

This allows school and trust leadership to create safeguarding plans for every student involved and helps to stop the spread of harmful information.

Safeguarding software for schools that integrates with your core MIS lets you control who can access confidential student files.

Student safeguarding software helps you adhere to your school or trust’s information-sharing policy, involving only those named on an individual support plan. For example, you can set permissions so that only a student’s class tutor or pastoral lead can action requests or liaise with outside agencies.

This helps to keep both sensitive student data and the students themselves safe.