Safeguarding audits
All audits need to be completed by 27 March 2026.
If your school or Trust use their own audit template please submit this to the safeguarding audit email: Safeguarding.Audit@eastsussex.gov.uk
If you are completing the audit on Evaluate My School, you do not need to send it to Safeguarding Audit.
The Safeguarding Audit for 2026 is now live on the online platform Evaluate My Schools.
You should already be signed up to the platform however, if there have been changes in staff or you have not received notification of the audit being live please contact Education Safeguarding Team: education.safeguarding@eastsussex.gov.uk
Once you are registered you will see three audits, the 175 audit and two 157 audits for independent schools. Please select the one audit based on your setting.
The audit supports your school’s self-assessment of safeguarding practice. As with previous safeguarding audits there are a series of statements which need to be assessed as Red, Amber or Green. If the assessment identifies a Red and Amber action, you should make a comment in the box on the audit, which will support with school leaders and governors with oversight enquires.
There is now a N/A button you can use if a statement in the audit does not apply to your setting. The audit will remain live throughout the year, allowing schools to update their audit as required.
Framework to support further reflection:
This document has been developed to support school leaders, governors and Designated Safeguarding Leads to reflect more deeply about ten key elements of safeguarding practice. It is intended to complement the self-assessment safeguarding audit by expounding ten key statements within the tool, so school leaders might find it helpful to use, to inform their Red, Amber, Green assessment of these ten statements. Governors might find it helpful too, to use this document to support their scrutiny of the audit tool or to provide a focus for monitoring visits.
Framework to Support Further Reflection on Safeguarding Practice in Schools and Colleges [47.9 KB] [docx]
