FOI Request - Mandatory Training Completion

Request 101003854171

Scope and timeframe

Please provide the following for academic years 2020/21 to 2024/25 (year-to-date) for school services, by staff group (teachers; pupil support assistants; other school-based, or your nearest equivalent):

1. Completion and compliance (annual):
a) For Child Protection and ASL/ASN-related mandatory modules: number required, number completed, and completion rate (%).
b) If tracked, overdue counts at your annual checkpoint (e.g., 31 August).

2. Training specification:
a) Module titles and the currency/renewal period (e.g., every 2 years).
b) The system used to track completions and any standard report definitions.

3. Policy and guidance:
a) Current policy/guidance on mandatory training compliance for schools.

Response 13-10-2025

1. a) There are five modules which commenced in school year 2024/25, apart from staged intervention which started in 2023/24. 

• Trauma Informed Practice
• Relationships - the Foundation for Solution-Oriented Practice
• Supporting Neurodiversity
• Staged Intervention Process
• Circle

100% completion rate at term 1 In- service training days, with newly appointed staff trained thereafter. This is for all teaching and support staff. 

b) Tracked at school level

2. Module titles as per 1. a); renewal period: For new staff each year to be completed by end of term 1.

3. For new staff each year to be completed by end of term 1. 

Head Teacher Guidance support the mandatory training expectations