This webinar has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council on behalf of the DfE and Youth Endowment Fund for the attention of all schools.
Free webinar series focused on preventing serious violence for education leaders
The Department for Education and Youth Endowment Fund are hosting a free webinar series focused on preventing serious violence and they have asked us to flag this with VRUs so that you can share wider to your local education leaders and partnerships. The webinar will share practical, evidence-based approaches for education professionals to keep school communities safe.
As part of the series, they will introduce EPIC – a free, digital self-assessment tool developed with and for education leaders, to help understand how well current practice aligns with the evidence on preventing children’s involvement in violence. Developed by the Youth Endowment Fund, the free tool allows you to reflect on current practice, receive tailored evidence-informed insights, benchmark anonymously against similar settings, and access resources to improve safety in your school community.
Session 1 - An Introduction to evidence-informed practice, takes place on Wednesday 19 November 4-5pm. Click here to register.
In this session we will cover:
- Data on the prevalence of violence
- How violence impacts children and their education
- Case study: Safeguarding at Ark Globe Southwark
- Why evidence-informed practice should be a priority
- Ofsted update: Inspection to include how children are safeguarded from violence
- The 5 headline practice guidance recommendations a summary of what’s to come
- Introduction to the Education Practice Insight Creator (EPIC) self-assessment
This webinar is part of a four-session series. While attendance at every session is not mandatory, we highly recommend joining all where possible to gain the full benefit of the learning experience.
The rest of the series will cover:
Session 2 - Attendance, suspensions, exclusions and trusted adults
Session 3 - Social and emotional skills development
Session 4 - Violent times and places and unproven approaches
Dates TBC - please keep an eye out for further details in the Sector Email.