About Sarah Turner Consulting
Independent Safeguarding Consultant, Sarah Turner has worked in education for over 25 years, as a teacher, member of senior management and for the last 10 years as a safeguarding adviser and consultant. Sarah supports schools, settings and alternative and enhanced provisions to embed a strong culture of safeguarding and keep children and young people safe.
Sarah Turner is an experienced education professional with an extensive knowledge of supporting and advising schools, colleges and alternative provisions with safeguarding. More recently Sarah has provided support to the Education Business Partnership, a ‘Football In The Community’ Trust and Oxfordshire Hospital School.
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Sarah worked as a safeguarding adviser for education in a local authority for 5 years, having previously been a teaching and learning consultant and before that, an experienced primary school teacher and deputy head. June 2016 saw the launch of Sarah Turner Consulting, with over 80 schools working collaboratively with Sarah, across a number of local authorities, including Swindon, Bristol, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and further afield in London boroughs.
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She fully understands the challenges of managing a successful school/college whilst ensuring a safe environment for both children and staff.
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Between 2010 and 2015 Sarah was an active member of Swindon’s Local Safeguarding Children Board and was the lead reviewer of a local case review in 2015.
Thank you very much for your quality assurance visit last week. It was highly constructive from our point of view and your findings as reported on the day have given us a focus for future improvements.
Designated Safeguarding Lead of Secondary School
Thank you for a very interesting session. I feel this has helped the support staff – and me – in understanding the schools initial involvement and the various procedures creating the ‘bigger picture’ of what happens once a concern about a child has been raised. You have a way of holding an audience’s attention and creating interest and enthusiasm for all.
Governor of Swindon Primary School
Sarah worked with our school carrying out an audit of safeguarding and delivering training to staff. She was very down to earth but thorough and gave us clear actions to follow. She is also approachable and willing to offer support to improve. A really useful day!
Head teacher of Oxfordshire Primary School
​Confidentiality and Privacy Statement
The Consultant does not hold, store or process any information/data about children and families, relating to names, dates of birth and addresses which may enable an individual to be identified.
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Any case notes made during discussion or a visit will be left in the possession of the ‘client’.
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The ‘client’ will not send any personal information about a child or family to the Consultant via e mail or as ‘hard’ copies. Any case discussion will take place on a ‘no names’ basis where possible.
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Where case discussion takes place involving the review of paperwork where personal information is reviewed, the Consultant will provide and sign a confidentiality agreement.