A reasoned judgement
Keep the evidence and explanation beside each recorded assessment.
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Safeguard / Safeguarding Audit
School safeguarding self-audit and action planning
Student Radar helps safeguarding leads record a self-audit, link evidence and give gaps an owner and due date. The signed record stays identifiable through review and amendment; a self-audit does not certify compliance or pupil safety.
School leaders make and review the judgements. An assurance score is not a compliance certificate or proof of pupil safety.
School safeguarding assurance
From evidence to an owned improvement and review
Record a safeguarding self-audit with its framework edition, professional rationale, ownership and review stage intact.
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Explain the judgement with evidence
Rate the statement after reviewing its evidence, then record why the judgement is justified. Unassessed and not-applicable states remain distinct.
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Give the gap a practical next step
A Partly or Not in place judgement opens severity, action, owner and due-date fields. Read the confirmed saved record again before relying on the follow-up.
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Preserve the review and signed record
Headteacher review, governor review, sign-off and archive are separate stages. Later amendments preserve the original signed audit and their lineage.
Safeguarding Audit
Explain the judgement with evidence
Rate the statement after reviewing its evidence, then record why the judgement is justified. Unassessed and not-applicable states remain distinct.
- Four explicit rating choices
- Evidence and judgement rationale
- Frozen framework edition and coverage
Safeguarding Audit
Give the gap a practical next step
A Partly or Not in place judgement opens severity, action, owner and due-date fields. Read the confirmed saved record again before relying on the follow-up.
- Practical action and named responsibility
- Source conflicts preserve the draft
- Saved answer distinct from a local edit
Safeguarding Audit
Preserve the review and signed record
Headteacher review, governor review, sign-off and archive are separate stages. Later amendments preserve the original signed audit and their lineage.
- Statutory-core assessment gate
- Archive blocked by open gaps
- Reasoned amendment rather than overwritten history
An audit with its professional context intact
School leaders make and review the judgements. An assurance score is not a compliance certificate or proof of pupil safety.
Owned gap follow-up
Read the action, responsible person and due date together.
A traceable review history
Preserve the original signed edition and subsequent amendments.
Questions about Safeguarding Audit
Can we turn an audit gap into an owned action?
Yes. Record the gap with a practical action, owner and due date, then review its follow-up alongside the audit evidence.
Can we retain the signed audit when an amendment is needed?
Yes. Sign-off and later amendment have separate stages, preserving the original signed record rather than replacing it with a working answer.
Related help guides
See how to carry out these tasks in Student Radar, with step-by-step product help for the people using them.
The value of a connected school
Each concern has a wider context.
Relevant records help authorised safeguarding staff build the chronology, ask questions and record their own decisions.
First aidIncidents, care & follow-up
AttendanceAttendance patterns
SENDPlans & communication strategies
Safeguard
Context for the next step
Student RadarFollow a connection to see what it makes possible
Relevant context, with access set by each staff member’s role and responsibilities. Staff decide the response.
First aid + Safeguard
Review the incident in the pupil’s chronology
First aid records preserve what happened, the care given and the follow-up. Authorised safeguarding staff can consider relevant health context when reviewing a concern.
Explore first aidAttendance + Safeguard
Check changes across the school week
Attendance patterns give staff another line of enquiry around a concern. They support a conversation and a review; the safeguarding decision remains with the responsible staff.
Explore attendanceSEND + Safeguard
Keep the pupil’s communication needs in mind
Relevant pupil plans and agreed strategies help authorised staff prepare for a conversation, involve the right colleagues and record what the pupil says.
Explore SEND
Ask to see Safeguarding Audit in the Demo School
Explore judgements, gap actions and review stages with fictional examples.