Nurseries need to have a person who is responsible for leading on the safeguarding of children in the nursery and managing child protection issues. The role of the DSL has become more comprehensive over the years as a result of changes to legislation and statutory guidance; outcomes from safeguarding practice reviews and recommendations from other safeguarding-related reviews. Developed by Lorna Ponambalum - independent safeguarding and inclusion consultant - this course will provide a detailed exploration of what it means to be a DSL in nursery and what the role entails.
The National College helps meet the compliance, CPD and appraisal needs of thousands of schools worldwide on one online platform. We have automated and centralised essential management processes, enabling school leaders to effortlessly disseminate information to the entire workforce, create action plans, assign tasks and achieve common goals. Our platform helps leaders easily build individual and group learning plans to embed and evidence knowledge across their setting. It also helps them streamlines appraisal processes, saving time so that they can focus on professional growth and track whole-school impact.
