Which courses should staff complete?

We provide a wide range of training options with course pathways dependent on a member of staff's role.

Clearly not all staff need to complete every course within the suite.

To help you plan who should do what, please look at the tables below:

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New employees
Courses	In Regulated Activity 1	Not in Regulated Activity	In Administration Roles	Ancillary Staff	Catering/Kitchen
	Core training
Child Protection - An Introduction To The Thematics		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Child Protection for Administration Staff			Yes
Child Protection for Ancillary Staff		Yes		Yes	Yes
Child Protection for Staff in Regulated Activity Roles	Yes
Thematics
Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)	Yes	Yes
County Lines	Yes	Yes
Domestic Abuse	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Awareness	Yes	Optional
Forced Marriage	Yes	Optional
Honour Based Abuse (HBA)	Yes	Optional
Prevent Duty	Yes	Yes
Serious Violence & Knife Crime	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sexual Violence, Abuse and Harassment between Peers	Yes	Yes
Other courses
Administration of Medication in an Educational Setting	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
E-Safety	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fire Safety Awareness in Educational Settings	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fire Warden In Educational Settings	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
First Aid Basics In An Educational Setting	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
Food Safety & Hygiene Training					Yes
Food Safety in Classroom Settings	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Health and Safety	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Policy in Practice	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
Risk Assessment	Yes	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
Safer Recruitment	Optional		Optional	Optional	Optional
Supporting Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
1 Regulated activity includes: Teaching, training, instructing, caring for or supervising children if the person is unsupervised, or providing advice or guidance on well-being or driving a vehicle only for children; Work in specified spaces, which includes educational settings where there is opportunity for contact with children. (Note: this does not include work done by supervised volunteers).

Existing employees
Courses	In Regulated Activity 1		Not in Regulated Activity		Admin staff		Ancillary staff		Catering/Kitchen staff
	Has completed core training courses?		Has completed core training courses?		Has completed core training courses?		Has completed core training courses?		Has completed core training courses?
	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
	Core training
Child Protection - An Introduction To The Thematics			Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Child Protection for Administration Staff					Yes		Yes		Yes
Child Protection for Administration Staff - Refresher						Yes		Yes		Yes
Child Protection for Ancillary Staff			Yes
Child Protection for Ancillary Staff - Refresher				Yes
Child Protection for Staff in Regulated Activity Roles	Yes
Child Protection for Staff in Regulated Activity Roles - Refresher		Yes
Thematics
Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)	Yes		Optional
Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) - Refresher		Yes		Optional
County Lines	Yes	Yes	Optional
Domestic Abuse	Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
Domestic Abuse Refresher		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Awareness	Yes		Optional
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Awareness Refresher		Yes		Optional
Forced Marriage	Yes		Optional
Forced Marriage Refresher		Yes		Optional
Honour Based Abuse (HBA)	Yes		Optional
Honour Based Abuse (HBA) Refresher		Yes		Optional
Prevent Duty	Yes		Yes
Prevent Duty Refresher		Yes		Yes
Serious Violence & Knife Crime	Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
Serious Violence & Knife Crime Refresher		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
Other courses
Administration of Medication in an Educational Setting	Optional		Optional		Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
E-Safety	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fire Safety Awareness in Educational Settings	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fire Warden In Educational Settings	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
First Aid Basics In An Educational Setting	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
Food Safety & Hygiene Training									Yes
Food Safety in Classroom Settings	Optional		Optional
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Health and Safety	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Policy in Practice	Optional		Optional
Risk Assessment	Yes		Optional
Safer Recruitment	Optional		Optional		Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
Supporting Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
1 Regulated activity includes: Teaching, training, instructing, caring for or supervising children if the person is unsupervised, or providing advice or guidance on well-being or driving a vehicle only for children; Work in specified spaces, which includes educational settings where there is opportunity for contact with children. (Note: this does not include work done by supervised volunteers).

Specialist roles
Courses	DSL		DMHL
	New to role 1	Has completed core training 2	New to role	Has completed core training
	Designated Mental Health Lead (DMHL)		Optional	Yes	Yes
Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)	Yes	Yes
Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) - Refresher		Yes
Domestic Abuse	Yes	Yes
First Aid Basics In An Educational Setting	Optional	Optional
Serious Violence & Knife Crime	Yes
Serious Violence & Knife Crime Refresher		Yes
Supporting Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People	Yes	Yes
All the courses in this table specifically relate to the DSL and DMHL roles. If you are taking on any additional roles such as administering medication please access the courses specific to that topic.
1 Staff new to the DSL role should also have completed core child protection and thematics training. If not completed our core modules should be accessed. 2 The core training referred to includes child protection and all thematic topics. If not completed our core modules should be accessed.

Other roles
Courses	Governors/Trustees		Volunteers
	Not named	Named	In regulated activity	Not in regulated activity
	Child Protection - An Introduction To The Thematics	Optional	Yes	Yes	Yes
Child Protection for Ancillary Staff				Yes
Child Protection for Staff in Regulated Activity Roles			Yes
Domestic Abuse	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
First Aid Basics In An Educational Setting	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
Food Safety in Classroom Settings			Optional	Optional
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Health and Safety	Optional	Optional	Optional
Policy in Practice	Optional	Optional
Risk Assessment	Optional	Yes
Safeguarding for Governors	Yes
Safeguarding for Named Governors		Yes
Safer Recruitment	Optional	Optional
Serious Violence & Knife Crime	Yes		Yes
Serious Violence & Knife Crime Refresher		Yes		Yes
Supporting Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes