If your school offers a placement to one of our trainee teachers following the University of Leicester PGCE, the following information provides clarification of the current requirements and responsibilities in relation to:
- DBS checks
- Equality
- Fitness to practise
- GDPR
- Health and Safety
- Right to work.
School of Education Safeguarding Officer:
If you have a concerns, our Safeguarding Officer is Jenny Bosworth (jenny.bosworth@le.ac.uk). We request that you make contact as soon as an issue arises so that this can be resolved quickly.
Keeping Children Safe in Education
All our trainee teachers following the University of Leicester PGCE have completed a Safeguarding Awareness session led by Leicestershire County Council. Trainees have also completed the government’s Prevent Training, a session on the Teacher and the Law and how to safeguard themselves professionally.