EDSafe: Real-time Online Safeguarding

Live Monitoring of Safety and Wellbeing Online

EDSafe is EDClass’s proprietary, integrated digital safeguarding perimeter. Designed to meet and exceed the statutory expectations outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026, and national online safety directives, EDSafe converts remote learning, alternative provision (AP), and internal inclusion into secure, fully monitored environments.

EDSafe ensures that our team of experienced Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads (DDSLs) are actively monitoring every student’s stream (when they are placed on an EDClass seat) within the EDClass platform in real-time.

This constant oversight ensures that any potential safeguarding triggers or concerns are identified as they emerge, regardless of the learning activity the student is engaged in.

It also shows that safeguarding is at the core of the EDClass platform.

EDSafe provides an unparalleled level of safeguarding and support for your students’ well-being and safety whilst learning. This includes:

Live Teaching Scheduled and Timetabled Sessions (EDLive)

We have eyes on your students as they participate in live, interactive lessons.

Live Breakout Rooms (EDTeach)

Our team monitors follow-up lessons and seminars conducted in live breakout rooms.

On-Demand Lessons (EDSupport)

Even when students are working through pre-recorded lessons at their own pace, their activity streams are being observed.

Safeguarding, Monitoring and Governance

EDSafe provides a powerful, always-on safeguarding net for your students within EDClass, combining the vigilance of our dedicated safeguarding team with complete transparency and access for your own staff, ultimately creating a safer and more supportive online learning experience.

Instant Flagging and Proactive Intervention

The EDClass platform is designed with intelligent flagging capabilities. Any potential safeguarding issues – whether they arise in a student's communication, their responses to learning materials, their online behaviour, or any other action within the EDClass environment – are instantly flagged within the EDSafe module.

This immediate notification allows our EDClass DSLs and DDSLs to review the situation and take appropriate action without delay. This proactive approach ensures that safeguarding concerns are addressed swiftly and effectively, minimising any potential negative impact on the student's teaching and learning.

Complete Tracking and Evidence for Governance

Everything a student says, does, answers, and any action they take on their stream within the EDClass platform is directly recorded and placed into your school's secure platform access. This detailed tracking provides a robust evidence base for:

Monitoring student engagement and well-being.
Students safeguarding alerts and issues.
Identifying patterns of behaviour that may indicate a concern.
Demonstrating proactive safeguarding measures for management and governance within your school.
Providing clear evidence for Ofsted inspections, showcasing the extra levels of safeguarding you provide to all your learners in the online environment.

Empowering your School's Safeguarding Capacity

The EDClass staff within EDSafe act as an extension of your own school's safeguarding team, significantly increasing your capacity to protect your students in the online environment.

Because our safeguarding team is constantly watching the live streams of every student on our platform, we provide an extra layer of security and early detection that would be incredibly resource-intensive for a single school to achieve on its own in a purely online setting.

Comprehensive Overview of Online Activity

The EDSafe module provides a comprehensive overview of all learners' online activity and any flagged safeguarding concerns.

Importantly, your establishment's own DSLs and DDSLs also have full access to view all learners' streams within the platform, giving you complete visibility of your students' online interactions and any potential risks identified by our team.

This collaborative approach ensures seamless communication and a unified safeguarding strategy.

Safeguarding at the Heart of Everything: Expert-led Multi-agency Partnership

Safeguarding is not merely an operational feature at EDClass, it is the foundational pillar underpinning every lesson, interaction, and platform feature we deliver. To ensure uncompromised protection for every child, our internal safeguarding team is staffed by exceptionally qualified personnel: all EDClass DSLs and Deputy DSLs (DDSLs) are trained to Level 3, with our lead DSLs holding advanced Level 5 safeguarding credentials.

Rather than working in isolation, our expert safeguarding team acts as a seamless digital extension of your institution, working in direct, active partnership with school, MAT, and Local Authority (LA) DSLs and pastoral teams.

The moment an offline or online welfare concern is identified, whether through EDSafe’s continuous digital filtering or direct student disclosures during live sessions, our Level 5 leads immediately initiate joint multi-agency protocols.

By sharing real-time contextual intelligence, providing unalterable incident logs, and aligning directly with local threshold frameworks, EDClass ensures that safeguarding remains an unbroken, highly collaborative shield protecting vulnerable learners across every educational setting.

Real-Time Safeguarding App and Mobile Notifications

To ensure complete transparency and rapid communication across every stage of provision, the new EDClass mobile application connects Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs), Main Points of Contact (MPOCs), parents, and students into a unified safeguarding umbrella.

Designed specifically to meet modern multi-agency demands, the app delivers instantaneous push notifications directly to DSLs and MPOCs the moment a welfare flag, safeguarding alert, attendance anomaly, absence, or behavioural escalation occurs on the platform.

This real-time alert engine eliminates dangerous communication delays, allowing pastoral leads to review unalterable logs, initiate swift interventions, and maintain defensive oversight across all off-site, isolation, or AP placements.

At the same time, the EDClass app empowers students and parents by demystifying the safeguarding and learning process. Students gain a secure, direct channel to access support, track their timetables, and report online or personal concerns safely to qualified UK staff.

For parents and carers, the application provides clear, live updates on their child’s engagement, attendance, and academic progress, fostering essential home and school collaboration.

By keeping all stakeholders instantly informed and connected through dedicated mobile channels, EDClass reinforces trust-wide accountability, ensures rapid incident response, and provides continuous peace of mind for families and school leaders alike.