What Safeguarding Network does

Safeguarding Network Ltd. is a UK-based private limited company (founded 2017, headquartered in Totnes, Devon) that provides a subscription platform of safeguarding resources, training, supervision, and consultancy to education settings. Its core offering is a tiered membership (Essentials, Enhanced, Enhanced Plus, and Governor) that gives Designated Safeguarding Leads, senior leadership teams, and governors access to a two-year training calendar covering all 46 areas of the DfE's Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) guidance, monthly DSL resource and training packs, an INSET pack library, a Knowledge Check evidence dashboard, free webinars, and bundled partner benefits including Association of Child Protection Professionals membership and SWGfL's Whisper anonymous reporting tool.

The underlying technology is a web-based membership and content platform delivering e-learning, downloadable training materials, scenario-based resources, and publications (DSL Planner and Academic DSL Diary), complemented by live training courses delivered via Zoom and bespoke 12-month external supervision contracts. The company monetises through annual and term-based subscriptions (£120-£797+VAT), standalone training courses (£149-£249+VAT), supervision services, physical publications, and professional-services safeguarding reviews. It also operates a free fortnightly email bulletin and free resource pages as top-of-funnel content marketing.

The business serves over 3,500 Designated Safeguarding Leads and nearly 40,000 staff across roughly 1,500 education settings, spanning early years, primary, secondary, further education, SEND, and multi-academy trusts in the UK with some overseas presence. Notable customers include CareTech/Cambian Education (47 day and residential specialist schools), a Regional Safeguarding Network, and Lytchett Matravers Primary School. The company appears bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding and operates with a small named management team led by a Head of Customer Support and a bench of safeguarding consultants and trainers with statutory social work backgrounds.

Name

Safeguarding Network

Legal name

Safeguarding Network Ltd.

Website

https://safeguarding.network

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Safeguarding Network is a UK-based subscription platform that provides safeguarding memberships, KCSiE-aligned training resources, e-learning, supervision, and consultancy to Designated Safeguarding Leads and education settings across early years, primary, secondary, further education, and SEND.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Sector Safeguarding Services

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Safeguarding, Student Welfare & Child Protection Compliance Audits (EDADAGAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Health, Safety & Compliance Training (CPR/First Aid, Safeguarding, Licensing) (EDACAIAH)

Keywords

• Safeguarding training services
• Child protection education
• DSL training programmes
• Education sector compliance
• Safeguarding supervision services

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscriptions: Annual and term-based membership plans (Essentials, Enhanced, Enhanced Plus, Governor) providing access to resources, training materials, supervision services, and discounted CPD courses. Subscriptions renew automatically.
2. Training Courses: Individual training courses offered online or face-to-face, including DSL Support Programme (12 hours), Safeguarding Supervision (12 hours), New to Role DSL Training, and Helping Families. Priced at £149-249+VAT per course with group booking discounts (book 5, get 6th free).
3. Supervision Services: Bespoke external supervision packages for DSLs and safeguarding teams, tailored to individual settings. Contracts run for 12-month periods with automatic renewal.
4. Safeguarding Publications: Physical and digital publications including DSL Planner (2026/27) and Academic DSL Diary - durable 194-page hardback A5 publications for safeguarding leadership.
5. Safeguarding Reviews: Bespoke safeguarding development reviews analyzing safeguarding culture, practice, and data. Includes analysis of leadership, governance, reporting, recording, risk management, safer recruitment, and policies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Safeguarding Network provides tiered annual memberships, KCSiE-aligned training resources, face-to-face and virtual training courses, and bespoke safeguarding supervision services for Designated Safeguarding Leads and their teams in early years, primary, secondary, further education, and SEND settings across the UK. Offerings include the two-year KCSiE staff safeguarding calendar covering all 46 topic areas, INSET packs, the KCSiE Knowledge Check e-learning module, the DSL Support Programme and other named training courses, external supervision contracts, independent safeguarding reviews, and annual print publications (DSL Planner and Academic DSL Diary).

Product overview

Safeguarding Network is a safeguarding support platform for education settings offering a tiered membership model (Essentials, Enhanced, Enhanced Plus, Governor) providing time-saving monthly training materials, expert resources, INSET Packs, E-Learning, training courses, supervision services, and publications. The core offering includes the KCSiE-aligned safeguarding curriculum, face-to-face/virtual training courses, DSL Support Programme, Safeguarding Supervision Services, DSL Planner and Academic DSL Diary publications, and independent Safeguarding Reviews. The platform supports over 3,500 DSLs and nearly 40,000 staff across 1,500 education settings in early years, primary, secondary, further education, and SEND sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Memberships (Essentials, Enhanced and Enhanced Plus) Subscription memberships for education settings of all sizes, built around an annually updated KCSiE-compliant curriculum and providing monthly training packs, e-learning, INSET packs, free webinars and Association of Child Protection Professionals membership; Enhanced Plus adds named consultant time and a reviewed status.
• Governor Membership Annual subscription membership for school governors and trustees delivering learning walks resources, briefings, advice line access and CPD discounts to support effective board-level safeguarding oversight.
• Safeguarding Supervision Services 12-month recurring safeguarding supervision service providing DSLs and wider safeguarding teams with matched expert supervisors, ring-fenced time, individual or group sessions and formal records to support DSL wellbeing and reflective practice.
• Training Courses Face-to-face or virtual practitioner-led training courses for leaders, DSLs, all staff and governors covering safeguarding and child protection topics, sold individually or as part of membership.
• E-Learning Courses Online self-directed safeguarding e-learning modules including the KCSiE Knowledge Check, accessible to members or purchased as standalone courses.
• DSL Planner Annual print planning tool for Designated Safeguarding Leads covering all areas of KCSiE with expert-authored resources and INSET packs to support year-round safeguarding planning.
• Academic DSL Diary Durable 194-page hardback A5 week-to-view diary designed for DSLs and DDSLs in education settings.
• Safeguarding Reviews Bespoke independent review of an education setting's safeguarding culture, practice and data, providing analysis of leadership, governance, reporting, recording, risk management, safer recruitment and policies with practical recommendations.
• Safeguarding Consultancy Bespoke consultancy services delivered by leading safeguarding experts covering supervision, safeguarding reviews and tailored advisory engagements for education settings.

Quantifiable outcome

• Trusted by 1,500 education settings supporting nearly 40,000 staff
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core, supporting and flagship.

• Association of Child Protection ProfessionalscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerSafeguarding Network offers free membership of the Association of Child Protection Professionals (worth £330) to its members as a benefit. This partnership provides members with access to professional resources, networking, and development opportunities in the child protection sector. The Association's Education Special Interest Group is co-chaired by Safeguarding Network's Samantha Lurock.
• SWGfL (South West Grid for Learning)supportingTechnology or IntegrationSafeguarding Network provides free access to SWGfL's Whisper anonymous reporting tool for members. Whisper enables students and staff to report safeguarding concerns anonymously, integrated into Safeguarding Network's resource ecosystem.
• CareTech/Cambian EducationflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCase study partner operating 47 day and residential schools supporting young people with complex ASD, SEMH and trauma needs. Safeguarding Network provides comprehensive membership covering all 47 settings, demonstrating ability to support large multi-site education organizations.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Optimus Education: Provides CPD, training, and resources for school leaders and DSLs in the UK. Directly comparable membership and training model to Safeguarding Network's school leadership audience and governor-level safeguarding support.
• EduCare: UK-based provider of safeguarding and duty-of-care e-learning for education and childcare settings. Overlaps with Safeguarding Network on subscription-based safeguarding training modules and is a like-for-like content subscription competitor.
• National Online Safety: Specializes in online safety training, resources, and CPD for schools and trusts in the UK. Direct overlap with Safeguarding Network's online safety, contextual safeguarding, and DSL training segments, including trust-wide licensing.
• Child Protection Company: Provides online safeguarding and child protection training for schools and education settings in the UK. Directly competes with Safeguarding Network's e-learning and DSL training catalogue for the same Designated Safeguarding Lead and school leadership customer base.
• Securus Software: UK provider of safeguarding software used by schools and colleges to log concerns, manage DSL workflows, and evidence compliance. Competes for the same DSL budget, including via integration with KCSiE-aligned reporting and review processes.

Emerging players

• The Key for School Leaders: Subscription support service for school leadership teams, including safeguarding guidance. Overlaps with Safeguarding Network's senior leadership and governor segments but is broader in scope (whole-school leadership, not safeguarding-specialist).
• Smoothwall: Provider of web filtering, monitoring, and safeguarding solutions for UK schools and trusts. Adjacent rather than directly competing on training, but addressing the same DSL risk-management and compliance use cases.

Others

• SWGfL (South West Grid for Learning): UK education technology and online safety organisation providing tools such as Whisper anonymous reporting (also offered to Safeguarding Network members). Acts partly as a partner and partly as an adjacent ecosystem participant in the school safeguarding stack.

Broad incumbents

• TES Institute: Large educational platform offering teacher CPD, training, and resources with safeguarding in its catalogue. A broader incumbent whose safeguarding training competes for the same school budgets, even if its primary focus spans wider teacher development.
• NSPCC Learning: Charity-backed national authority on child protection, offering free and subsidised safeguarding training and resources to schools. Operates more broadly across child welfare but is the most entrenched free alternative in DSL training and competes with Safeguarding Network's content library.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/safeguarding.network
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/safeguardingnetwork
• Instagraminstagram.com/safeguarding.network

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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