As the digital landscape consistently evolves, so do the challenges in maintaining online safety within the education sector. At SWGfL, we understand the growing responsibilities placed on schools to safeguard their communities as online harms continue to grow.
That’s why we’re introducing ProjectEVOLVE Safeguarding — a comprehensive service, extended from the award-winning ProjectEVOLVE toolkit, tailored to meet these demands.
What is ProjectEVOLVE Safeguarding?
Building on the foundation and replacing our previous service, Online Safety BOOST, this new toolkit is specifically designed to align with your school’s safeguarding responsibilities. With a focus on equipping schools to meet safeguarding expectations, ProjectEVOLVE Safeguarding offers enhanced features to ensure every staff member is trained and confident in protecting their communities online. ProjectEVOLVE Safeguarding offers a suite of new features that equip staff with the appropriate training materials to upskill their knowledge.
Updated Incident Response Tool
Respond to safeguarding incidents effectively with our user-friendly tool.
Safeguarding Training Materials
Video training resources to educate and upskill your entire staff.
Online Certification
Official certification to award progress and understanding of materials.
Progress Tracker
Keep an eye on your individual and organisation's progress across resources.
ProjectEVOLVE Safeguarding Overview
These videos explain key features of ProjectEVOLVE Safeguarding, the interactive online safety training platform for teachers and safeguarding staff.
Videos and Certification
Incident Response Tool
How to Subscribe
Discover What’s Included
Sneak a peek at what’s ahead! Each tile below highlights the content covered in our 13 Video Resources. Complete each Video Resource and its corresponding Knowledge Map to earn your accreditation, with your progress updating in real time.
Features of Effective Practice
The video identifies key components for robust online safeguarding: Ownership, Reporting Routes, Policies, Training, Education, Infrastructure, and Impact. It emphasizes accountability, clear mechanisms, comprehensive policies, and measurable outcomes. These elements collectively ensure a safe and supportive online environment for schools.
Data Protection and Safeguarding
The video explains data protection's role in safeguarding, focusing on responsible handling of personal information under GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. It dispels myths around information sharing and highlights lawful, proportionate sharing to ensure effective safeguarding, with practical guidance and resources included.
Harmful Sexual Behaviour
The video addresses harmful sexual behaviour (HSB) in schools, defining HSB, its prevalence, and behavioural indicators. It outlines school responsibilities, including clear policies, risk assessments, and education for staff and students. SWGfL resources provide tools to foster safe and respectful environments.
Content Reporting Routes
The video explains the importance of reporting inappropriate online content, covering issues like threats, bullying, and harmful material. It educates on reporting options, privacy settings, and resources like the Report Harmful Content button and the Professionals Online Safety Helpline. The aim is to promote timely reporting and build a safer online community.
Conducting Online Searches
The video discusses using online searches in safer recruitment to identify safeguarding risks. It advocates using public information for shortlisted candidates, detailing best practices like documenting findings and avoiding bias. Transparency, data protection compliance, and staff training are emphasized to support informed recruitment decisions and safer educational settings.
Classifying Risk and Emerging Threats
The video reviews emerging online risks, categorizing threats as content, contact, conduct, and contract-based. It covers cybersecurity, AI's safeguarding impact, and vulnerable children’s risks. Tools like the Cyber Secure Tool and tailored support help educators ensure safer digital environments.
Teaching Online Safety
The video highlights UK Government guidance on online safety education, focusing on frameworks like KCSIE and the Education for a Connected World Framework. Topics include cyberbullying, privacy, and digital resilience. Staff training, parental involvement, and resources like SWGfL’s ProjectEVOLVE empower educators to protect students.
Filtering and Monitoring
The video outlines the importance of filtering and monitoring systems in schools for safeguarding, focus, and compliance with statutory guidelines. It describes filtering and monitoring, their limitations, and the safeguarding-oriented approach needed. Key elements include People, Process, and Product, defining stakeholder roles and responsibilities. It also covers DfE 4 standards.
Cybersecurity in Education
The video outlines the importance of cybersecurity in schools, referencing risks such as phishing and ransomware whilst also emphasising the need for strong protections, regular staff and student training and adherence to the DfE’s Cybersecurity Standards. It highlights important tools and key measures including regular risk assessments, secure technology use, data backups and incident reporting.
Governors and Proprietors
The video guides colleagues on the responsibilities of governors & proprietors and their legal duty to ensure effective online safety within safeguarding measures in schools and colleges. It highlights their role in overseeing policies, staff training, filtering and monitoring systems, as outlined in the Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) statutory guidance.
Support Services
The video details support for Designated Safeguarding Leads, including reporting illegal content via organizations like the IWF and Action Fraud. It highlights resources for harmful content, such as Report Harmful Content, and services like Revenge Porn Helpline and POSH, offering robust support for safeguarding challenges.
Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) Overview
The video highlights the statutory guidance "Keeping Children Safe in Education," emphasizing online safety in schools and colleges. It details the integration of online safety in safeguarding policies, risks, roles, and filtering and monitoring requirements. The role of the Designated Safeguarding Lead, staff training, and effective policies ensure schools protect students from online dangers.
Online Vulnerability
This video explores how vulnerable children face greater online risks, including exposure to harmful content, exploitation, and cyberbullying, due to factors like social isolation and difficulty understanding online dangers. It highlights key risk categories, research findings, and essential safeguarding measures to help protect them in digital spaces.
Pricing
| Service | BOOST Subscribers (First Year) | New Customers |
|---|---|---|
| ProjectEVOLVE Safeguarding (Primary) - use SWGfL25 at checkout for an exclusive 25% discount | £310 | £340 |
| ProjectEVOLVE Safeguarding (Secondary) -use SWGfL25 at checkout for an exclusive 25% discount | £450 | £495 |
| ProjectEVOLVE Safeguarding and Whisper Bundle (Primary) | £475 | £585 |
| ProjectEVOLVE Safeguarding and Whisper Bundle (Secondary) | £680 | £800 |
| ProjectEVOLVE Safeguarding and Reputation Alerts Bundle (Primary) | £600 | £630 |
| ProjectEVOLVE Safeguarding and Reputation Alerts Bundle (Secondary) | £805 | £845 |
| ProjectEVOLVE Safeguarding, Whisper and Reputation Alerts Bundle (Primary) | £695 | £870 |
| ProjectEVOLVE Safeguarding, Whisper and Reputation Alerts Bundle (Secondary) | £920 | £1,155 |
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Why Choose ProjectEVOLVE Safeguarding?
Online safety is an ongoing concern for education professionals, and the need for reliable, consistent tools and guidance has never been more critical. Feedback from professionals tells us that a barrier to effectively dealing with incidents is a perceived lack of knowledge and expertise. ProjectEVOLVE Safeguarding directly addresses this gap through its range of video tutorials, knowledge consolidation and the comprehensive Incident Response Tool.
Used together, these tools will empower professionals to be more confident in their approach to managing online issues and aligning with best safeguarding practice. With ProjectEVOLVE Safeguarding, schools can stay ahead, working to ensure that safeguarding incidents are responded to swiftly and effectively.
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