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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.
Meet new EYFS requirements with our Safer Sleeping for Babies course
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
4th July 2026
Course was very in depth and brought…
Course was very in depth and brought out all salient points without it being too difficult to take in. I know this was an online course but it would be good if you could buy printed book detailing all that is on the course. This would make for easy reference when needed.
4th July 2026
Easy to buy
Easy to buy, easy to navigate, reasonably priced
4th July 2026
Excellent training Safeguarding Level 3
Excellent training, so easy to follow and not the long laborious questions in the assessment. Look forward to starting another soon.
3rd July 2026
Excellent support
Excellent support. When we had to change the email address to transfer a login it was quickly dealt with.
30th June 2026
Very easy to use
Very easy to use
29th June 2026
Easily accessible tech support that…
Easily accessible tech support that resolved my issues quickly. Friendly and helpful :)
29th June 2026
i booked 4 fire marshal and fire safety…
i booked 4 fire marshal and fire safety training packages i received one fire marshal training only ... i need four as they are for different sites hence me purchases 4 packages not good value for money this way after talking to Virtual College about the issue the problem was solved very quickly and all courses were accessible. Their assistant was very helpful and polite, and the issue was solved
28th June 2026
Quick & easy to buy a course
Quick & easy to buy a course, good explanation about the course
27th June 2026
Easy to use course and very informative
Easy to use course and very informative
23rd June 2026
Easy to follow course and then the…
Easy to follow course and then the assessment completed after. Great to get it done in two hours. Saved a proposed all day at work!
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.