Keeping children safe

PostPosted: 28 Jan 2026Posted in HeadlinesTagged #AutismSupport, #InfinitySupport, CognusandProudThemes: Education for all (Inclusion), Infinity Support Hub, Keeping children safe, Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND), Training and Development

Joining Forces for Safer, Inclusive Educational Visits for Autistic Young People

The session, “Safer Educational Visits for Autistic Children”, brought together expertise from Andrew Hall and Evolve advice, Outdoor Education Advisor, Mick Bradshaw, Education Safeguarding Manager, Hayley Cameron, along with Advisory Teacher for Autism, Alex Silk. By combining safeguarding knowledge, specialist teacher knowledge and training videos that contained lived experience of being autistic, together we were […]

Safeguarding in the Early Years

Keeping children safe is everyone’s responsibility. This page brings together key national guidance, local procedures, and support for Early Years providers in Sutton. Cognus Education Safeguarding Team The Education Safeguarding Team at Cognus supports Early Years settings with advice, training, audits, and policy development. The link below will allow you to access links to Cognus […]

PostPosted: 6 Jan 2026Posted in HeadlinesThemes: Education for all (Inclusion), Keeping children safe

Education Safeguarding Team get involved in Christmas Activities for Families

On Monday 15th December 2025, the Education Safeguarding Team were a part of the Cognus Christmas event, Operation Elf, for families at Cantium House. We have felt so included – because of his needs it is difficult to get involved in things like this, but he has had so much fun and has even seen […]

PostPosted: 12 Dec 2025Posted in HeadlinesTagged CognusandProudThemes: Education for all (Inclusion), Keeping children safe, Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND), Therapies

Post 16 Therapies Team continues to champion Preparation for Adulthood (PfA) in the local area and to ‘infinity and beyond’

The Academic Year 2024-25 was indeed a busy one for Cognus Post 16 Therapies. Not only did the joint therapies assessment clinic enter its fourth year, reaching a whopping 30 young people in the local and surrounding area, but Emma Perridge (Occupational Therapist, Post 16 OT Lead) and Ashlea Stephens (Speech and Language Therapist, Post […]

PostPosted: 10 Dec 2025Posted in HeadlinesTagged CognusandProud, Reflective Practice, Reflective SupervisionThemes: Education for all (Inclusion), Keeping children safe, Training and Development

Education Safeguarding build capacity within the team – when 4 became 5…

On Monday 3rd November 2025, the Cognus Education Safeguarding welcomed Lina Del Grosso (Safeguarding Training and Review Advisor) to the team. Lina is passionate about creating safe, supportive school environments where every child can thrive. With a background in school senior leadership and a deep commitment to safeguarding and wellbeing, she works closely with schools […]

Well done Warriors!

Joining Forces for Safer, Inclusive Educational Visits for Autistic Young People

The session, “Safer Educational Visits for Autistic Children”, brought together expertise from Outdoor Education Advisor, Mick Bradshaw, Education Safeguarding Manager, Hayley Cameron, along with Advisory Teacher for Autism, Alex Silk. By combining safeguarding knowledge, specialist teacher knowledge and training videos from Andrew Hall (independent Safeguarding consultant), that contained his lived experience of being autistic, together we were able […]

Education Safeguarding Team Roles and Responsibilities (November 2025)

Team Structure Education Safeguarding Manager – Hayley Cameron hayley.cameron@cognus.org.uk Education Navigator (CFCS) – Gill Bush gillian.bush@cognus.org.uk Education E-Safety and Safeguarding Training and Review Advisor – Steve Welding stephen.welding@cognus.org.uk Education Safeguarding Training and Review Advisor – Lina Del Grosso lina.delgrosso@cognus.org.uk Outdoor Education Advisor – Mick Bradshaw mick.bradshaw@cognus.org.uk

PostPosted: 6 Oct 2025Posted in HeadlinesThemes: Education for all (Inclusion), Keeping children safe, Training and Development

Cognus Education Safeguarding Team – Back to School in September

The Education Safeguarding Team have had a busy start to September with reviews, training and reflective safeguarding supervision taking place across many of our schools. On Tuesday 2nd September we delivered ‘Staff Safeguarding Awareness Training at Robin Hood Infants School. On Monday 22nd September we carried out a ‘Safeguarding Review’ at Homefield Preparatory School’. On […]

Supporting Young People

We support Sutton schools to help young people understand their deafness and/or vision impairment and have equal access to an inclusive education. We provide training and ongoing support to staff to deliver this work effectively. This provides a strong foundation for ongoing conversations at home or school. Pupils may need time to process the information, […]