Level 2 Safeguarding Children & Young People 2026

1. Statutory Justification: Under the Equality Act 2010, what is your “Anticipatory Duty” regarding a neurodivergent child who needs to report a concern?

You identify that a family is struggling to provide adequate basic needs, but there is no evidence of “significant harm”. Which threshold is met?

You report a serious concern to your DSL, but after 48
hours no action is taken and the child remains at risk. What is your legal duty?

Recognition Skills: You notice a neurodivergent learner has become
unusually compliant toward a specific adult. Consider:

2. Avoiding the Trap: An autistic child starts displaying self-injurious behaviour.
First professional action?

3. Identifying Neglect: Child arrives three times in one week unwashed with
body odour. Next step?

1. Contextual Recognition: A student arrives with a new high-spec smartphone and trainers from an “unknown friend”. What is your professional duty?

2. Child-on-Child Practice: You overhear a group of students making persistent sexual comments toward a neurodivergent child. The group claims it is just “banter”. How must you respond?

3. Professional Boundaries: A student sends you a direct message on a social media platform asking for help with a personal problem. What is the correct professional action?

1. Disclosure Mastery: A child begins to disclose and asks, “Do you promise not to tell my mum?”. How must you respond?

2. Factual Recording: Which entry meets the professional standard for accuracy?

3. Neuro-Inclusive Practice: A non-verbal student points repeatedly at a ‘SAD’ face and a ‘HOUSE’ symbol. What is your next action?

1. Threshold Mastery: You identify a child is living in a home with severe domestic violence and an immediate risk of physical harm. Which threshold?

2. The MASH Pathway: You make a referral to the MASH. What information should you provide from your individual practice?

3. Escalation Duty: You report neglect, the case is closed, but hygiene continues to decline. What is your professional duty?

1. Allegation Management: child says that a popular member of staff “touched them in
way they didn’t like.” Timeframe to report to LADO?

2. Whistleblowing Practice: observe colleague using aggressive restraint. “For
safety.” Action?

3. Safer Culture: colleague “favouring” a student with extra gifts and
unobserved 1:1 time?