As one of the leading supervision providers in England, Safeguarding Network provides support to over 500 supervisees with a mixture of one to one and group sessions across a range of over 250 education organisations.
These sessions provide unique insight into the issues facing safeguarding leads today, with the supervision sessions providing dedicated spaces for discussions, led by the needs of those being supervised.
We asked our supervisors to provide us with the main issues that come up in their discussions and have identified 7 key themes that impacted Designated Safeguarding Leads and their deputies in 2025 and will likely continue into 2026.
The result of this analysis is our new report: Are you being heard? Key themes from our supervision of DSLs and their deputies, which you can download as a PDF by entering your details below.
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Looking at 7 key themes, this report highlights the significant pressures facing
Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) and safeguarding teams across education
settings in England. Rapid societal changes, increased visibility of child safeguarding through high profile cases, widespread technology use, and the long-term effects of the pandemic have intensified children’s vulnerabilities and the complexity of safeguarding work.
- Workload
- Safeguarding and attendance
- Special educational needs
- Behaviour
- Relationships with parents and families
- Multi-agency working
- Community-based issues
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