Safeguarding & Child Protection Deep Dive Workshop: Harm Between Students

Date: 24–25 November 2026
Time:  08:30–17:00 Central European Time (CET) Convert to your time zone
Location: Virtual
 

Harm between students can occur online, at school, in the wider community—across ages, peer groups and settings. It’s sometimes referred to as peer-on-peer or child-on-child abuse.

International schools work across cultures, languages, and legal expectations, and many students move between countries and online spaces. This workshop helps you build a clear, confident school response when harm happens between students, so you can act quickly, fairly, and with care.

You’ll explore practical prevention education and ways to strengthen students’ social and emotional skills, so they can recognise harm, seek help, and report concerns earlier.

Your learning takeaways:

• Spot early signs and patterns online and on campus 
• Respond to disclosures with a clear, trauma-informed approach
• Run proportionate inquiries and document decisions confidently
• Create practical safety plans and risk assessments that staff can use
• Strengthen prevention through student voice and targeted education
• Foster connections and collaboration with peers in similar roles and responsibilities 
• Practical takeaways: Safety plan primers, Risk Assessment and Safety Plan Templates, other resources to map your school approach to Identity based harm.

How you can expect to learn

• In a confidential, professional learning environment with a practical, sensitive approach
• You’ll be guided by exceptional speakers with deep knowledge, expertise, and direct experience 
• Via a challenging case study approach for both primary and secondary school settings, supporting a high level of participation, interaction and engagement
• Practical guidance, strategies, and extensive resources

You will leave feeling:

• more aware of the risks and complexities involved in responding to harm between students, and more aware of how common it is  
• following disclosure of harm between students, feel better prepared to lead and support an inquiry
• equipped and confident in creating safety plans, developing protocols, and developing risk assessments in response to harmful student behaviour 
• able to identify and build on protective factors and take preventative action 
• knowing how student voice can strengthen safeguarding practices in your school and with strategies to engage students

Why should your school invest in this training?

Managing a disclosure of harm between students can be high stakes for a school, and concerns can be raised at any time. You need to be prepared. This workshop helps you with put consistent, practical responses in place that:

• reduce confusion and delays
• provide clear pathways for reporting and escalation 
• enable better coordination between safeguarding, pastoral, counselling, and leadership 
• reduce risk of mishandling disclosures 
• support your safeguarding practice and aligns with CIS International Accreditation expectations