The CIS International Safeguarding Toolkit is a developmental tool to help CIS member schools monitor current practices, understand opportunities for development and growth, track progress, and create a common understanding with school communities on how a school safeguards the students in their care. The toolkit will support a school at any stage of development to improve and manage safeguarding in a school.

Schools will use this toolkit to:

• Identify areas of strength and areas for development. The toolkit content applies to schools in any legal or cultural context, and indicators will point out where schools need to confer with in-country laws.
• Explore resources available exclusively within the toolkit for guided learning within your school.
• Create reviews for each element for communications and reporting within the school community.
• Prepare information and evidence for any accreditation process.

The toolkit is a subscription service available to all CIS member schools. The annual subscription fee is €1,050. It includes an admin login for the school, additional user logins for school staff and two 1–hour virtual meetings during the year with CIS safeguarding experts who developed the content for the tool.

CIS members can find more information about the toolkit in the CIS Community portal for schools. For schools interested in membership, download a flyer for more information or contact us at membership@cois.org.