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Safeguarding and compliance

We help safeguarding concerns reach the right person quickly, and keep children's data protected.

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Schools hold sensitive information about children, and safeguarding concerns must reach the right person quickly. We set up safeguarding logs with restricted access, apply student privacy rules in school systems and map each regulator's data requests to the systems that hold the data.

Schools report to KHDA in Dubai, ADEK in Abu Dhabi or the Ministry of Education elsewhere in the UAE, and to the Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia, each with its own child protection and data rules; the UAE child rights law (Wadeema's Law) also applies.

What we deliver

  • Safeguarding logs

    Concerns recorded once and routed to the designated lead, with access tightly restricted.

  • Student privacy

    Retention, sharing and consent rules applied in the SIS, the LMS and communication tools.

  • Regulator requirements

    Data requests from education regulators mapped to the systems that hold the data.

What to have in place first

The academic calendar decides when change can happen, so these points are best settled at least a term ahead.

  • The designated safeguarding lead is named.
  • Who may see safeguarding records is agreed.
  • The regulator's current data requests are collected.

Talk to us about safeguarding and compliance

Tell us about your current systems, the compliance themes you cannot compromise on and your timeline. We will come back with a phased plan, a staffing model and a risk register.

Request a phased plan