Beyond Compliance: The DSL's guide to creating a school-wide culture of safeguarding

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Delyth Lynch

Beyond Compliance

Name: Beyond Compliance
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ISBN: 9781781354292

The DSL's guide to creating a school-wide culture of safeguarding

Delyth Lynch

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English

Independent Thinking Press
31 March 2026

Violence in society; Educational strategies & policy

DSLs carry enormous responsibility, and this book offers guidance on how we can create a shared culture of safeguarding within schools that truly lasts. It will give DSLs of all levels the confidence and knowledge they need to thrive in this important and rewarding role.

Combining clear theory with case studies and practical suggestions, Delyth shares strategies and helpful advice that will make safeguarding enduring and adaptable, involving a cyclical strategy of assessment, review and action. She offers guidance on how to make sustainable safeguarding a shared vision in schools, arguing that when the practice is understood, embraced by all, and even made interesting and fun, it naturally underpins every decision made and imbues every conversation that takes place in school.

Written with warmth and a tremendous passion for keeping young people in schools and colleges safe, Delyth offers an enthusiastic and enabling handbook for those working in this vital role.

Essential for all current and aspiring DSLs, school leaders, governors and safeguarding training consultants. This will also be useful for those with a responsibility for safeguarding in any organisations outside of education.

By: Delyth Lynch
Imprint: Independent Thinking Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781781354292
ISBN 10: 1781354294
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 31 March 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Delyth Lynch has over 25 years' experience of teaching and senior leadership in education and is widely recognised as one of the UK's leading experts in safeguarding, particularly in the independent sector. She speaks regularly about the issue of culture within schools and the work that she has pioneered at Wellington College around values, behaviours and attitudes. Her work has been cited by IICSA, and she has been recognised on the national stage by being awarded the Safeguarding and Child Protection Association's 'Outstanding initiative award' for 2 consecutive years. She is co-author of the Farrer & Co guides, Developing and implementing a low-level concerns policy:a guide for organisations which work with children and Addressing child-on-child abuse:a resource for schools and colleges. Delyth is also an independent expert for Words Matter, an active member of the NADSL, Vice Chair of Governors at an independent school in Wokingham and is on the Executive Board of SACPA (Safeguarding and Child Protection Association). She is an NSPCC accredited trainer and trained in supervision and in the delivery of Safer Recruitment Training.