Safeguarding audits
Due to be completed online by the 4th of April 2025.
If you are completing the audit on Evaluate My School, you do not need to send it to Education Safeguarding.
The Safeguarding Audit for 2025 is now on the online platform Evaluate My Schools.
All Schools and Colleges were sent an invitation to register with Evaluate My School at the end of Term two. The email was sent from no-reply@evaluatemyschool.co.uk; if you did not receive an invitation please contact 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 the school’s self-assessment of their 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, there should be enough information in the comments box so as to make sense to school leaders and governors.
The EMS platform does not have a non-applicable option alongside the red, amber or green, therefore, if a statement does not apply to your setting, please leave this blank.
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 [53.6 KB] [docx]
