Promoting Safe and Supportive Schools
Commissioned support and free resources for a safer educational experience
Team
Claire Ray
Independent Safeguarding Consultant
Claire Ray has spent over 20 years specialising in education safeguarding, managing Kent County Council’s Education Safeguarding Team for the past 8 years. She has also held various statutory child protection roles, including working as a LADO. Claire qualified as a social worker in 1999 before completing an MSc and Advanced Award in Social Work in 2005.
Robin Brivio
Independent Safeguarding Consultant
Robin is a qualified social worker working in a variety of roles in his 25 year career including front line social work with children as a practitioner and as a senior manager. He has also worked as the Local Authority Designated Officer and for the last 6 years worked for Kent County Council spearheading their own Education Safeguarding team before he left in late 2024 to set up his own venture.
Services
Advice and Support over the phone
ESS have put an offer together that enables settings to be able to call a consultant with non-urgent safeguarding concerns. Three different packages will give you access to a set number of calls you can use throughout the academic year. Click below for further details.
Learn MoreSafeguarding Training
ESS offer several different types of training for settings. Including basic safeguarding awareness for settings and Designated Safeguarding lead training. LGBTQ+, Gender Identity & Transition, Harmful Sexual Behaviour, Incel and the Manosphere half days. This can be delivered face to face or via Microsoft Teams.
Learn MoreSafeguarding Reviews
The purpose of the safeguarding review from ESS is to assist the safeguarding team in all settings (DSL, Headteacher and Safeguarding Governor) to ensure that they support effective safeguarding practice. It has been updated to reflect the needs of settings in 2025. The cost is £1200 plus VAT.
Learn MoreSafeguarding Supervision Packages
Get tailored advice and support designed to meet the unique needs of your educational institution.
Learn MoreManagement and Complaint Investigations
Occasionally settings need to source an independent person to carry out an investigation. Sometimes this can be a concern about a member of staff or a need for a complaint to be independently looked at. ESS have extensive experience of doing such pieces of work for early years settings, schools and colleges.
Learn MoreFree Educational Resources
Access a library of free resources, including articles, plans, tools and website links. All content is from third party organisations.
Learn MoreNews
On target to carry out 18 safeguarding Reviews in 2025 we have space to do more contact us ASAP.
Great day delivering DSL training to a group of DSLs today in Tunbridge Wells. Updated to include the new Ofsted inspection toolkit. Looking to offer this and other DSL courses to those interested.
Working with Kent County Council and The Education People to ensure that out of school providers were fully equipped in relation to their safeguarding responsibilities.
Great morning delivering whole setting safeguarding training for this holiday scheme provider who are part of Kent's HAF scheme.
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- Registered Offices: 1-3 Warren Ct Park Rd, Crowborough TN6 2QX, United Kingdom
- Education Safeguarding Services LTD Company Reg Number (16258193)
- Mon-Fri - 08:00-19:00