Effective safeguarding in primary schools relies on identifying need before it escalates. This workshop explores how pastoral data can be used proactively to inform ‘upstream’ safeguarding, drawing together daily wellbeing check-ins, external surveys, counselling provision, medical data and attendance patterns. Alongside formal data systems, the session highlights the importance of low-stakes (student-led) provision, staff ‘micro-interactions’, and authentic student voice in building a richer understanding of need. Delegates will also consider how these insights can shape the development of a bespoke PSHE curriculum, strengthening upstream pathways and enabling timely, targeted intervention within a whole-school safeguarding culture.
