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Managing the Single Central Record (SCR) Training

Clear guidance on maintaining an accurate/compliant SCR in line with KCSiE, covering accurate recording, effective auditing, and avoiding pitfalls.

Description

Delivery options available:

The Single Central Record (SCR) is a vital safeguarding document, providing clear evidence that pre-appointment checks have been completed for all individuals working in or associated with your setting, and that mandatory safeguarding recruitment practices are being adhered to.

This practical 90-minute training supports in understanding what must be recorded, who is responsible, and how to maintain compliance in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

Suitable for maintained, academy, free and independent education settings.

Builds confidence, strengthens safer recruitment practices, and ensures your setting is inspection ready.

Available on-demand via a recorded video, the training is flexible, up to date, and includes time for personal reflection.

Content

Population and maintaining the SCR is a key responsibility often carried out by School Business Managers or School Administrators. The completeness and accuracy of the checks being carried out and the information recorded on the SCR is often the responsibility of the Safeguarding Governor, Senior Leaders or Designated Safeguarding Lead. Therefore, it is imperative that these key roles have awareness and understanding of the expectations of which recruitment checks need to be completed and what evidence needs to be obtained and recorded.

This non-statutory 90-minute session has been developed to complement and further strengthen existing safer recruitment knowledge, as well as give those staff members confidence and understanding for daily management of the SCR. It is not intended to replace the need to attend a statutory Safer Recruitment training session.

Developed in line with statutory legislation, including Keeping Children Safe in Education and sector best practice, this course follows the safer recruitment steps to ensure a clear understanding of the compliance requirements for recording SCR entries for staff, salaried trainees, agency and third-party workers, governors, proprietors, and academy trust members and trustees.

What's Included

Following the training delegates will be required to complete an Online Training Assessment to demonstrate their understanding. Those successfully achieving an 80% pass rate will receive a participation certificate

 Safeguarding Simplified

Who should attend this course?

Prerequisites

All delegates should understand the principles and steps required to ensure safe recruitment in education

For those new to safer recruitment, we recommend prior attendance on our accredited one-day Safer Recruitment in Education

What's Included

Following the training delegates will be required to complete an Online Training Assessment to demonstrate their understanding. Those successfully achieving an 80% pass rate will receive a participation certificate

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Rachel Priestley

Rach has a background in Business Development and Administration, gaining much of her knowledge and experience through her 19 year career with the NHS working within the executive office, community services and public health. 

Before moving on from the NHS, Rach supported the Chief Executive, the Chairman and the Trust Board of a local NHS Care Trust, which managed Children’s Services. Her responsibilities spanned across HR, Finance, Governance, Compliance, Risk, systems and processes, and internal training. Rach also supported the Children’s Safeguarding Lead with safeguarding investigations.

In 2017, she left the NHS to pursue a successful self-employed career supporting business to grow, with flexible business development and administration support, which she continues to do on a part-time basis.

Rach is in house trained, and is passionate about delivering outstanding services and enjoys working as part of the safeguarding team to achieve a common goal.

In her own time, she loves spending time outside, and long walks with the two family dogs. 

Shelley Armstrong

Shelley joined Safeguarding Support in 2020 as an experienced AET-qualified freelance trainer, and now enjoys working across the business, keeping clients as up to date as possible with the ever changing challenges facing safeguarding children in education.

Whilst we aim to simplify safeguarding, Shelley’s passion is to ensure engagement, pride and confidence through training and support. Shelley enjoys applying the competencies gained in different industries and environments to researching, designing, and developing materials for those with the responsibility to safeguard children, and in return has enormous respect for their commitment.

Her experience across the private business sector brings commercial skills to training and her background in psychology and counselling ensure courses are designed and delivered with the learner in mind.

Shelley lives in Yorkshire and enjoys walking her springer spaniels – come rain or shine!

Abigail Havon

Abigail is an experienced and AET-qualified trainer with a strong foundation in safeguarding, having begun her career in the charity sector. During her time there, she served as a regional manager and a key member of the safeguarding leadership team, where she contributed to the development of policies and procedures, designed and delivered training, and supported staff and volunteers working one-to-one with children in schools. 

 

In her current role with Safeguarding Support, Abigail primarily leads the Reflective Supervision programme.  Supervision is a process where through 1-2-1 meetings and in a group setting, structured support is given to safeguarding professionals across England. The programme focuses on helping DSL’s and DDSL’s manage complex workloads, reflect on their practice, build resilience, and promote wellbeing—enabling them to sustain their capacity to protect and support vulnerable children and families.

 

Abigail’s professional journey spans a variety of sectors and business environments, always in roles that demand strong communication, collaboration, and a people-centred approach. She is deeply committed to empowering educators to work collectively as part of a safeguarding team, believing this collaborative approach leads to better outcomes for children and young people.

Based in the Midlands, Abigail enjoys long walks and tending to her ever-growing collection of houseplants.

Carol Stephenson

Carol has spent her entire career teaching in Bradford primary schools. Most recently she was Head Teacher of a large, outstanding, multi-academy trust, inner-city
school where she gained Local Leaders of Education (LLE) status.

Carol is a highly experienced Designated Safeguarding Lead and safeguarding Governor, with an extensive range of expertise, skills and knowledge. It was through this depth of experience that she became a dedicated representative of Bradford Children’s Safeguarding Board. In June 2019, Carol was awarded a Bradford Safeguarding Champions lifetime achievement award 2019 for her continued work in safeguarding the children of Bradford.

Carol is in-house trained and is NSPCC certified to deliver Child Protection and Safeguarding training.

In her spare time, Carol enjoys working on her allotment.