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Independent Safeguarding Service Case Studies

Hear from our members about the safeguarding support we provide for them and how it has been built around their organisations and the way they work. 

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ISS supports schools, outdoor education providers, therapeutic settings, independent schools and organisations across many other sectors. The organisations below have agreed to share their experience as honest accounts of what safeguarding support looks like when it fits the context you actually work in.

Girls' Day School Trust

Education Trust

"The audit goes beyond compliance. It's not just checking schools are compliant with the regulations. It looks at culture in our schools. It looks at best practice in various areas, so it's extremely thorough."

Mary Sansom - Compliance and Pastoral Manager 
The Girls' Day School Trust is the largest group of independent schools in the UK, comprising 25 schools across England and Wales, from Newcastle to Portsmouth, educating 20,000 girls aged three to 18.

Scale

25 schools across England and Wales, educating 20,000 girls aged 3 to 18

Sector

Education

ISS support

DSL Level 3 training across all 25 schools, safeguarding audits, access to wider training programme

PGL Beyond

Outdoor Education

"We are very passionate about being outstanding with our safeguarding and being market leading. Independent Safeguarding Service ensures that we are."

Gemma Robertson — Head of Safeguarding & SEND 
PGL Beyond operates 16 residential outdoor activity centres across the UK, employing approximately 3,000 people at peak season. Training built specifically for their world, not the world of mainstream education.

Scale

16 UK centres, ~3,000 staff

Sector

Outdoor education

ISS support

DSL training, audits, governance, ongoing advice

Jamie's Farm

Therapeutic Settings

"The ability to have training made really bespoke to the context in which we're working — that has felt like such a gift."

Katie Meanwell — Head of Safeguarding
Jamie's Farm runs six residential farm settings across England and Wales, working with teenagers experiencing significant challenges. Training shaped around their specific context, not a school framework.

Scale

6 farms, ~80 staff

Sector

Therapeutic education

ISS support

DSL training, trustee training, policy development

Northwood College

Education

"A really deep dive into all aspects of safeguarding practice in our school. It's a really comprehensive review of attitudes to safeguarding as well as the systems and processes the school has in place."

Rebecca Brown - Headteacher
Northwood College for Girls is an all-through independent school for girls aged three to 18, part of the Girls' Day School Trust — one of the largest groups of independent schools in the UK.

Scale

140 staff, 800+ pupils, ages 3–18

Sector

Education

ISS support

Annual safeguarding audits, Level 3 DSL training, safer recruitment training, ongoing expert guidance

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