Safer Recruitment

Interview training for headteachers

Head teachers and school governors should receive training on how to ensure that interviews to appoint staff reflect the importance of safeguarding children.

Trained panel member requirement

From a date to be agreed, no interview panel to appoint staff working in schools should be convened without at least one member being properly trained.

Inspection of school recruitment

The relevant inspection bodies should, as part of their inspection, review the existence and effectiveness of a school's selection and recruitment arrangements.