
Nigel Heritage
Nigel has been involved in safeguarding children for over 40 years, since he first trained as a teacher of children with learning difficulties. He has had to deal with many different safeguarding situations throughout his career which has included working in the UK state sector, in ELT overseas and also in UK, managing junior summer programmes and for the last 12 years, training.
Nigel is a tutor for English UK and is the leading safeguarding trainer and consultant for ELT in the UK. He specialises in student welfare in general and safeguarding and young learners in particular.
Safeguarding children well is one of the most important things we do for international students visiting UK. It is very important that we get it right.
Posts by Nigel Heritage:
Good Safeguarding: Sometimes You need Help From Others
23rd January 2019Safeguarding help might come from within an ELT organisation – or be available outside. Everyone in UK ELT organisations is responsibl [...]
Read More SafeguardingSafeguarding Update – January 2019
23rd January 2019Updated 2019 Online Safeguarding Course and Prevent Guidance for FE and work-experience courses. New 2019 online Safeguarding Basic Awarenes [...]
Read More SafeguardingPractical Safeguarding for 16 and 17 Year Old Students
28th December 2018An under 18 student may sign up to an excursion arranged by an outside bus or tour company; what safeguarding do the school need to do? Brie [...]
Read More Safeguarding / Young LearnersAmendment to Disqualification by Association
20th December 2018There was a requirement that schools taking children under the age of 8 had to get staff to sign a ‘Disqualification by Association&rs [...]
Read More Pre-school Children / Safeguarding / Young LearnersUpdating Safeguarding Policy
28th November 2018With so many safeguarding updates introduced recently, your organisation’s safeguarding policy will need to be updated before the end [...]
Read More Membership News / Safeguarding