Induction Information for New Staff
Welcome to EQUA Mead Learning Trust
We are really pleased that you have decided to join our team and hope that you quickly settle in to your new role. In order to support you with this we have provided a range of information on this page. All new colleagues will receive this information regardless of their role, and it is important that you agree a time with your Manager as soon as possible for you to undertake the relevant training and read the associated information carefully. When you have completed everything please complete and submit the form at the bottom of this page, which will then form part of your staff record.
Once again, welcome to our Trust and we hope you find your employment with us both enjoyable and rewarding.
New Staff Mandatory Training
The Trust subscribes to TES Develop, which provides a wide range of training and updates for all staff, some of which form part of your mandatory induction training as outlined above. Once in post you will receive log in information in order to access your personal learning plans and all other available resources.
There will be additional information that is specific to your school setting and these will be shared with you e.g. Absence reporting expectations / Evacuation procedures / IT Acceptable Use
It is really important that you let us know as soon as possible if you have any queries or problems accessing any of the Training. Please feel free to contact us at HR@equamead.org and we will do our best to help.
When you have finished your training please complete and submit the form below in order that your staff record can be up to date. Thank you
Confirmation of Induction Training completion
| Ref | Title | Audience | Source | Access |
| IND1 | Keeping Children Safe in Education (2025) Part One | All staff – Part one & Annexe A (minimum) | DfE document |
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| Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 (KCSiE) – Additional requirement | All staff working directly with children – Annexe B (minimum) | DfE document | KCSiE 2025 - Annex B | |
| IND2 | Child Protection Annual Refresher 2025 | All child facing staff | TES Develop – online course |
Individual login – new starter learning programme |
| IND3 | Child Protection fundamentals | Non-child facing staff | TES Develop – online course |
Individual login – new starter learning programme |
| IND4 | Prevent Duty Awareness | All new staff | Gov.uk | Prevent - awareness course for new staff |
| IND5 | Awareness of Forced Marriages | All new staff | Home Office via Virtual College | Virtual College
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| IND6 |
FGM *Please note that this contains explicit, detailed material. If you require any support, please contact your DSL in the first instance |
All new staff | TES Develop – online course |
Individual login – new starter learning programme |
| IND7 | Cyber Security training for all school staff | All new staff | National Cyber Security Centre |
Cyber security training for school staff
Download certificate on completion and return this to your school |
| IND8 | Data Protection & GDPR | All new staff | TES Develop – online course |
Individual login – new starter learning programme |
| IND9 | Equality and Diversity | All new staff | TES Develop – online course |
Individual login – new starter learning programme |
Documents To Read
| Ref | Title | Audience | Source | Access |
| IND10 | EQUA Mead Child Protection Policy | All new staff | Trust Policy | Policy |
| IND11 | EQUA Mead Staff Behaviour Policy | All new staff | Trust Policy | Policy |
| IND12 | Guidance on safer working practices for those working with children & young people in education settings | All new staff | Adapted and updated from original IRSC/dfe document by the Safer Recruitment Consortium | Document |
| IND13 | EQUA Mead Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Policy | All new staff | Trust Policy | Policy |
| IND14 | EQUA Mead Equality Statement and Objectives | All new staff | Trust Policy | Policy |
| IND15 | EQUA Mead Whistleblowing Policy | All new staff | Trust Policy | Policy |
