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Safeguarding and child protection

Catherine Priggs

A straightforward look at governors’ safeguarding responsibilities. This film explains statutory duties, the link governor role, and what effective oversight looks like, supported by a board discussion of a termly safeguarding reporting.

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Catherine Priggs

Education Consultant

Catherine Priggs is an education consultant and Director of Catherine Priggs Education Ltd, specialising in history education and whole-school leadership.

Catherine Priggs is an education consultant and Director of Catherine Priggs Education Ltd, specialising in history education and whole-school leadership.

About Author

A former senior leader and Director of a Teaching School with nearly two decades of experience in education, she is an Honorary Fellow of the Historical Association and serves on its Secondary Committee. She writes and speaks widely on curriculum, leadership, and history education, provides bespoke support to schools and trusts, and collaborates with major exam boards in the UK and internationally. Catherine also advises on curriculum development at government level in several countries.

She has strong governance experience, currently serving as a pupil premium link governor, and chair of an education committee, with over ten years of work with governing bodies as a senior leader.

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