Safeguarding with Technology

The safeguarding your school's children is rightly one of Ofsted's most critical foci, such are the implications of weak systems. The use of appropriate technologies (to secure the site, identify visitors and communicate with parents) can make an important contribution in this area.

A similar safeguarding issue associated with growing use of the internet in and outside of school is well understood, though not always well addressed. For all the benefits technology has brought the modern world, it has concomitant dangers as well. Indeed, the Internet appears to magnify all aspects of human behaviour, the best and the worst. Schools' role in educating parents and their children in safe and appropriate online behaviours is growing all the time.

Novatia helps schools to strengthen their safeguarding provision through the auditing of provision, deployment of effective technologies and the development of policies to protect children and guide staff and pupil behaviours.

If your school would benefit from expert support in the area of safeguarding, please contact us to discuss this further.