Telephone: 07530804165
Email: enquiries@phillippainter.com
Life changing actions
Phillip Painter
Safeguarding Consultancy
For enquiries:
Email: enquiries@phillippainter.com
Telephone: 07530804165
Phillip Painter
Safeguarding
Consultancy
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Our purpose
Welcome to Phillip Painter Safeguarding Consultancy. Our core purpose is to provide exceptional safeguarding services to nurseries, schools, colleges, multi academy trusts, local authorities and safeguarding partners.
We firmly believe that professionals working with children and families have the power to undertake life changing actions. We are here to support you in carrying out this crucial work as a trusted safeguarding partner.
Specialising in safeguarding training, supervision and reviews, trusted nationwide as a key safeguarding partner, Phillip Painter Safeguarding Consultancy offers you a wide range of safeguarding services to meet your organisational needs.
Safeguarding Competition
To celebrate the launch of Phillip Painter Safeguarding Consultancy we are offering the chance for schools and colleges in England to win the following free competition prizes! Winners will be selected at random, with ten winners receiving one of the following prizes:
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1 x Safeguarding review (1.5 days) - Worth £900
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1 x Safeguarding training (Half day in person) - Worth £500
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2 x Safeguarding training (1 hour online) - Worth £200 each
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6 x Safeguarding bulletin subscription (12 issues) - Worth £100 each
To enter, please complete the form below or email 'Competition entry' and the following
information to enquiries@phillippainter.com by the 20th March 2026.
Winners to be announced on this website on the 13th April 2026. Good luck!
Terms and conditions apply: Winners will be contacted by the competition closing date. By entering, you are confirming that you are agreeing to be contacted by Phillip Painter Safeguarding Consultancy. Email entrants accepted. Competition prizes cannot be exchanged for cash prizes or alternative services. Entries following the closing date will not be accepted into the prize draw. Prize dates for competition winner services to be agreed upon claiming of prizes. Entrants without a valid email address and telephone number will not be counted. All rights reserved: Phillip Painter Safeguarding Consultancy.
Safeguarding Services
Training and Development
Training and development courses below are all available to be delivered online or in person. All sessions are adaptable to small and large scale audiences. Training can range from 1 hour online briefings to full day in person delivery. Looking for something different? Please enquire for bespoke training content to suit your organisational needs.
Safeguarding fundamentals
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Domestic abuse: Coercion and control.
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Online safety essentials.
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Safeguarding pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
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Learning from serious case and safeguarding practice reviews.
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Child criminal and sexual exploitation.
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Human trafficking and modern day slavery.
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Governor and trustee safeguarding essentials.
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Leading school attendance.
Navigating risk
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Sextortion (Online sexual extortion)
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Harmful online content: Artificial intelligence and deepfakes.
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Restrictive interventions, including the use of reasonable force.
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The impact of parental substance misuse, neonatal abstinence syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
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Guidance for safer working practice.
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Safeguarding in Roma communities.
Radical influence
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Susceptibility to radicalisation for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
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Mixed, unclear and unstable ideology: Countering extremist narratives.
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Martyn's Law for education settings.
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Riots, racism and responsibility.
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Boys, banter and belonging.
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Misogyny, manosphere and incel culture.
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Pornography and healthy relationships.
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Child abuse linked to faith and belief.
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Honor based abuse and forced marriage.
For individual organisation enquiries please email: enquiries@phillippainter.com
Pricing dependent upon specific requirements of the requesting organisation. Pricing from:
£200 1 x 1 hour online course
£500 Half day in person training
£800 Full day in person training
Safeguarding Training Packages
Blended training packages, enabling you to plan your safeguarding training and development throughout the year. Training courses can be selected from the course catalogue to best suit the needs of your setting.
Package 1
1 x Safeguarding training in person (Half day)
3 x Online training courses (3 x 1 hours)
Normal value: £1100
Package price: £1000
Saving: £100
Package 2
1 x Safeguarding training in person (Full day)
3 x Online training courses (3 x 1 hours)
Normal value: £1400
Package price: £1200
Saving: £200
Package 3
1 x Safeguarding training in person (Full day)
1 x Safeguarding training in person (Half day)
3 x Online training courses (3 x 1 hours)
Normal value: £2000
Package price: £1700
Saving: £300
Safeguarding Packages
Mixed services for education settings
Booking multiple safeguarding services together can help provide a coordinated streamlined approach while reducing overall costs. The discounted packages below offer excellent savings for schools and colleges.
Package 1
1 x Safeguarding review (1.5 days)
1 x Safeguarding training (1 hour) online
1 x Safeguarding bulletin subscription
(12 issues)
Normal value: £1200
Package price: £1050
Saving: £150
Package 2
1 x Safeguarding review (1.5 days)
1 x Safeguarding supervision (6 x 1 hours)
1 x Safeguarding training (1 hour) online
1 x Safeguarding bulletin subscription
(12 issues)
Normal value: £1900
Package price: £1600
Saving: £300
Package 3
1 x Safeguarding review (1.5 days)
1 x Safeguarding review follow up (Half day)
1 x Safeguarding training (Half day in person)
1 x Safeguarding training (1 hour) online
1 x Safeguarding bulletin subscription
(12 issues)
Normal value: £2200
Package price: £2000
Saving: £200
Safeguarding Partner Education Package
A comprehensive safeguarding partner package to support exceptional standards of safeguarding across your setting. This package includes:
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1 x Safeguarding review (1.5 days)
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1 x Safeguarding review (Half day follow up)
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1 x Safeguarding supervision (6 x 1 hour sessions)
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1 x Safeguarding training (Full day)
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3 x Online safeguarding training courses (3 x 1 hour)
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Safeguarding bulletin subscription (12 issues)
Normal price: £3000
Introductory price: £2500
Saving: £500
Introductory price only available on bookings made during the
2025 - 2026 academic year.
Services purchased individually: £3400.
Service Level Agreements
A service level agreement ensures your organisation receives consistent, reliable and bespoke professional safeguarding support. Each service level agreement is bespoke, with clear priorities, scope of work and expectations discussed and agreed in advance, providing clarity, accountability and ongoing reassurance. Examples of agreements include multi academy trust safeguarding review, interim executive support, quality assurance, independent scrutiny and preparation for Ofsted inspection.
Level 1
Up to 6 days
£600 per day
From £600
Level 2
Between 7 - 12 days
£550 per day
From £3850
Level 3
Between 13 - 20+ days
£500 per day
From £6500
Projects
Safeguarding support is available for individual project work to help review, redesign, and deliver. Helping organisations strengthen practice, systems and governance. This includes commissioned safeguarding reviews, service and framework redesign, and end to end delivery of transformation programmes. Projects can be commissioned from all partners involved in the protection of children, such as local authorities, safeguarding partnerships and third sector organisations.
Commissions can incorporate examples such as workforce development through the design and delivery of safeguarding training, tutoring and mentoring for practitioners and leaders, and the development of e-learning modules to support consistent, high quality learning at scale. Work is tailored to organisational context, regulatory requirements, and operational realities.
About
Phillip has extensive experience and credibility working with schools, colleges, multi academy trusts and local authorities. Trusted to lead and deliver on complex and large scale projects.
Most recently holding the executive role of Strategic Safeguarding and Risk Management Lead for a 17 school Multi Academy Trust, with principle responsibilities for safeguarding, attendance and behaviour. Phillip was responsible for the oversight of safeguarding arrangements for over 5500 pupils.
Phillip has served as both a Safeguarding Advisor and an Education Safeguarding Manager for two local authorities in the North of England, North Yorkshire and Hull City Council. Central to these school improvement roles was ensuring compliancy with KCSIE and Ofsted inspection requirements . Previous experience also includes working in schools as a senior leader, holding the role of Designated Safeguarding Lead for over 4.5 years. Prior to school leadership, Phillip held local authority and school based roles in safeguarding, training, behaviour and attendance.
Phillip is an accomplished safeguarding trainer, known for designing and delivering impactful and engaging safeguarding training . His work spans across safeguarding boards and partnerships and extensive school based delivery, having delivered to thousands of practitioners nationwide. He possesses a breadth of education safeguarding expertise from his experience as education lead for Channel Panel, national referral mechanism for human trafficking and modern day slavery, Ofsted/ESFA complaints and a wide range of other specialist panel memberships and engagements.
A highly experienced reviewer of school safeguarding arrangements, Phillip has reviewed safeguarding arrangements for over 130 different settings, from nurseries, primary schools, secondary schools, colleges and 6th forms, alternative provision, independent schools, special schools and independent non maintained special schools. Phillip previously designed and managed a local authority education safeguarding traded service. He has been commissioned to undertake reviews of school safeguarding arrangements following serious incidents and bespoke reviews for multi academy trusts.
Phillip contributes to the national education safeguarding landscape by delivering training, development activities and contributing to publications. Having worked alongside organisations including the Department for Education, Confederation of School Trusts, National Association of Academy Safeguarding Advisors, Counter Terrorism Policing and the NSPCC.
With experience as a governor in primary, secondary, and special schools, he also chaired the Hull MAT Safeguarding Network, comprising fifteen multi-academy trust safeguarding directors.
Phillip is a member of the Association of Child Protection Professionals (AOCPP) Child Protection in Education (CAPE) National Association of Academy Safeguarding Advisors (NAASA) and the Association for Education Welfare Management (AEWM).
Testimonials
'If you are looking for DSL training that actually sticks, I cannot recommend Phillip Painter's sessions highly enough. He delivers the content in a way that is warm and relatable but also incredibly knowledgeable'
Kate Gaunt (Director of Safeguarding) Wellspring Academy Trust
“Phillip's training to our Headteachers and DSLs was incredibly engaging, his delivery of susceptibility to radicalisation training was so thought provoking"
Paula Smith - Executive Director of Safeguarding
(Alpha Academies Trust)
"Phillip is highly regarded and has received excellent feedback for the quality and content of training and briefings he has delivered across the safeguarding partnerships in Hull "
Lara Davidson - Head of Service for Children and Adult Safeguarding Partnerships
“Having experienced Phillip's sextortion training, I can't recommend it enough. Such a fantastic and informative course!”
Claire Heap - Director of Safeguarding
(Altus Education Partnership )
“Phillip's training offer is comprehensive, practical and tailored to the needs of safeguarding professionals"
Mandi Morgan - Education Safeguarding Manager
(Local Authority)
"Phillip's safeguarding expertise is excellent and is grounded in both frontline and strategic leadership experience. His depth of knowledge, practical training style and clear, accessible resources are a valuable investment for any organisation that prioritises the safeguarding of children"
Head of Safeguarding
(Large Multi Academy Trust
in Yorkshire)
“I would highly recommend Phillip Painter to any school or organisation seeking a rigorous, knowledgeable and supportive safeguarding review. Throughout the process Phillip demonstrated a high level of expertise, professionalism and integrity”
Laura Carr - Director of Safeguarding, Attendance, Risk and Welfare
(Venn Academy Trust)