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John Rees

Safeguarding expert and co-founder of Safeguarding Scenarios; independent educational consultant specializing in PSHE education and school improvement.

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PODCASTS

Jul 17, 2026

Safeguarding Redefined

Safeguarding Redefined

Safeguarding Is Messy: From Compliance to Culture

Jul 17 · 22m

5:27

And so where did this idea come from? That's a great question.

5:31

Two quick anecdotes.

5:33

One was I do quite a lot of work with trainee teachers and I had to do an online questionnaire.

5:38

And he said, what would you do if you saw a student crying in the corridor? And I said, go and talk to them.

5:44

And they said, no, you should report it.

5:46

Now, I'm just conscious of in your explanation about the pressures on the DSL.

5:50

If your inbox gets swamped with saying, I just saw this happening.

11 MINS LATER

16:48

If they're drowning in tasks already and we're adding in this extra thing, how is your platform easy to implement into any kind of organization or institution?