Safeguarding
Can I use Intelligent Evidence to manage safeguarding evidence? Is there a specific safeguarding category in the platform?
For safeguarding, we have deliberately chosen not to build a dedicated safeguarding workflow into Intelligent Evidence. There are two main reasons for this:
- There is a significant risk of including identifiable personal information. We believe safeguarding records should remain fully within your school’s own internal systems and procedures.
- From an Ofsted perspective, safeguarding judgements are largely binary and compliance-based - you either meet the requirements or you don't. This is a judgement your school and Ofsted are best placed to make directly, rather than something suited to AI interpretation.
You can, however, still upload your safeguarding policy (and related high-level documents) into Intelligent Evidence. These documents can be helpful in demonstrating alignment with other relevant grade descriptors, without storing sensitive individual-level safeguarding information in the platform.