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Safeguarding Courses
Our collection of CPD approved training in safeguarding covers everything you need to ensure safeguarding compliance requirements are met in your organisation. Equip yourself and your staff with key knowledge.
Get ready for 2026 and save up to 40% with our volume discounts
Expert-led safeguarding training online
We collaborate with industry experts to create safeguarding courses that are tailored to meet the training needs of a vast range of sectors.
With over 25 years experience in designing and developing online safeguarding training, we’ve built up a vast and diverse catalogue of ready-to-go training that meets the core requirements of most businesses.
Collaborating with experts, we've created digital learning courses to suit every safeguarding need.
We cover essential training areas including:
Trusted & CPD approved safeguarding courses
The rise of remote and hybrid work demands a new leadership toolkit. Our remote leadership curriculum tackles the unique challenges of virtual team management head-on. From Communicating with Remote Teams to Maintaining Team Culture in Remote Teams, you'll learn practical strategies for keeping remote teams engaged and productive. Courses like Supporting Team Health and Wellbeing Remotely address the crucial human element of digital leadership.
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Safeguarding courses that help you take action
Turn theory into confident action with our practice-focused safeguarding training. Through real-world case reviews and interactive scenarios, you'll develop the skills to recognise signs of abuse and respond effectively when it matters most.
Our courses transform policy into practice, equipping you with proven strategies to protect children and young people. Drawing from current industry thinking and real experiences, we'll help you:
- Apply safeguarding practices with confidence
- Respond decisively to concerns
- Make informed decisions that truly protect
- Put learning into immediate action
Join thousands of practitioners already making a real difference through effective, practical safeguarding.
Safeguarding children training courses
For anyone working with children, it is crucial that the correct training is completed to ensure the safety of those in their care.
Here at Virtual College, we have delivered safeguarding courses to more than two million
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CPD approved online safeguarding children training
As an established safeguarding provider, we offer a wide range of online courses to ensure your compliance needs when it comes to working with children.
Learn anytime, anywhere with our online safeguarding children courses. Each course comes with an instant digital certificate on completion which you can download and print for your records.
Our courses are fully up to date and cover all the latest safeguarding children legislation and guidance and provide real-life scenarios that you may come across in the workplace.
Designed in bite-size form, the training can be completed at a pace to suit the learner. Our large number of resources can be downloaded and referred to when needed, ensuring that the knowledge is retained and easily accessible.
Our safeguarding children courses include training at levels 2 and 3 as well as refresher versions of each level, and key topics such as safer recruitment, child poverty, child exploitation, early child development nd much more.
Tailored safeguarding children training package
Our safeguarding children training can be tailored to you, your organisation and, most importantly, to your learners. No matter how big or small your team, we can help create a training solution that fits your requirements and supports you in building the skills, knowledge and confidence of your people
Covering everything from safeguarding children, e-safety, female genital mutilation and much more, our team of expert consultants will work with you to assess which levels of training are required and build a tailored package to suit your needs
In a new bite-size form, our courses are easily accessible to your learners meaning they can go straight to the topic they want and learn at a time and place that works for them. Ideal for larger numbers of learners On demand bite-size training CPD-certified training Learn anytime, anywhere
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Not sure which is the right level of safeguarding children training for you or your learners?
Whilst Safeguarding training is a requirement for all those working with children and young people, but depending on the sector you work in and your job role, you will have different responsibilities for safeguarding.
To ensure you and your team can meet these differing responsibilities effectively, our online guide has been designed to help you pick the correct level of safeguarding children training for yourself, your colleagues and your employees.
Whilst we think our training is great don't just take our word for it
22nd January 2026
good to go
The learning was very easy to follow and make sense of. very good resources and materials
22nd January 2026
Virtual college experience
Thé information is very well presented. I liked the shirt videoed in particular ànd thé short practice questions.
21st January 2026
Excellent Value for Money
Excellent Value for Money - Certificate optional Easy to follow - learned a lot My third time on this course - has to be taken every few years
20th January 2026
This was very easy to follow
This was very easy to follow
20th January 2026
Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene…
This course gave the information and knowledge I needed. It was varied in content and gave little quizzes at the end of some modules which was helpful for my learning.
19th January 2026
Very wide range of courses
Everything was well explained, it was easy to create an account, and to find the correct course.
19th January 2026
excellent online training packadges
All the training packadges we have used with our staff team have been great! Easy to use and the information very relevent. We are a small charity so finding well priced/free training is really important to us . We have also been able to take advantage of the sales too !
19th January 2026
easy to follow instuctions to access…
easy to follow instuctions to access the next stage of the course, as well as the extra information given on certain pages. being able to take your time to absorb the information before the quiz to finish the course.
19th January 2026
Really clear and informative course
Really clear and informative course
19th January 2026
Informative, clear course
Straight forward to use, clear, well presented online course. Very informative and well structured.
Excellent
4.8 out of 5
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Why choose Virtual College?
We stand out by offering:
- Over 350 accredited and certified courses
- Bitesize, engaging content
- Developed with industry experts
- Instant certification upon completion
- Flexible, anytime learning, anywhere
- Always up to date content
- Experienced and dedicated team
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Interested in learning more about what safeguarding courses and resources we have available for your business? Or want to discuss how we can help you structure a learning plan? Get in touch. The team will be more than happy to help.