Our consultants are able to provide expert help and advice aligned to all the latest legislative and inspection requirements for schools (including independent schools), colleges and universities across the UK.
International students often have different needs and vulnerabilities compared to their peers and its important that this is reflected in the delivery of welfare support. We are able to provide expert advice designed to improve both service delivery and student success tailored to the needs of international student.
We are able to provide expert advice on safeguarding compliance aligned to inspection and monitoring requirements of Ofsted; Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) including the National Minimum Standards (NMS) (Boarding and Private Colleges) and the Office of Students (OfS).
Areas of expertise include policy development and implementation; internal audit and quality assurance; safer recruitment; investigating internal incidents; and support for HR colleagues.
Courses are delivered in a range of formats to tackle the current issues and challenges presented for organisations. We aim to help you diversify, meet your legal compliance and ensure peoples need are met, whether they be internal or external stakeholders. We focus on introducing specific protected groups such as: LGBTQ+, Race awareness and Age discrimination; an advanced focus on a specific topic such as through conscious bias reflections; bespoke workshops for leaders and managers on EDI strategies and opportunities for sustainable EDI projects including how to get everybody onto the same page,; a hard internal look at your workforce; their challenges as individuals, teams and operators.
With more that 20 years of safeguarding experience as Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL) across a wide range of organisations, we are able to provide mentorship to DSL's that are new to their roles. This includes a focus on the conversion of legislation into operational practice, professional judgement and decision making.
As senior leaders across both the community and education sectors we are able to offer aspiring leaders coaching and mentoring designed to support their future ambitions, as well as helping to facilitate group activities deigned to foster strategic thinking.