The UK's first Designated Digital Safeguarding Lead (DDiSL) Training Programme
Build the specialist leadership, knowledge and practical skills to confidently lead digital safeguarding across your school, trust or organisation.
Digital safeguarding has changed dramatically. Schools and organisations now need specialist leadership to keep children and young people safe online.
- Live Online
- Practical Resources & Templates Included
- Core & Advanced Pathways
- Certificate of Completion
Why Digital Safeguarding Leadership Matters
Schools and organisations are navigating an increasingly complex digital world, yet responsibility for digital safeguarding is often shared across multiple roles.
As online risks evolve and safeguarding expectations continue to grow, many organisations are recognising the need for specialist digital safeguarding leadership.
The DDiSL Training Programme has been created to develop that expertise.
Understand Emerging Digital Risks
Stay ahead of emerging online harms, including AI-generated sexual imagery, deepfakes, sextortion, harmful online communities, gaming harms, financial scams and online exploitation.
Lead Digital Safeguarding With Confidence
Develop the confidence, knowledge and practical leadership skills to strengthen digital safeguarding, support colleagues and respond effectively to incidents.
Create Lasting Organisational Change
Embed digital safeguarding into safeguarding culture, policies, staff development, curriculum and parental engagement using practical frameworks and implementation tools.
Digital safeguarding has changed dramatically.
So has your responsibility.
The digital risks facing children and young people are becoming more complex, while expectations on schools and organisations continue to grow.
KCSIE 2026 places great emphasis on:
- Filtering and monitoring
- Mobile phone-free schools
- Online child-on-child abuse
- Staff training and curriculum
- Deepfakes and AI sexual imagery
- Nudes, semi-nudes and sextortion
- AI, AI companions and generative AI
- Social media and online communities
- Online safety and digital safeguarding
- Cybersecurity and information security
- Gambling, scams and commercial harms
- Misogyny, radicalisation and misinformation
- Policies, recording, reporting and info sharing
- Leadership, DSL and governor responsibilities
- Grooming, exploitation and child sexual abuse
Two Pathways. One Outcome.
Choose the right pathway for you and your organisation.
DDiSL is designed for...
- Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs)
- Deputy DSLs
- Headteachers, Principals & Senior Leaders
- Trust Safeguarding Leaders
- Online Safety & Digital Leads
- SENDCOs & Inclusion Leaders
- International School Leaders
- Professionals Supporting Children & Young People
You'll benefit if you...
- Want to confidently lead digital safeguarding.
- Need practical strategies, not just theory.
- Want to learn about emerging online harms and AI.
- Want resources you can use immediately.
- Want to stay ahead of changing statutory guidance.
- Want to strengthen digital safeguarding across your organisation.
- Believe digital safeguarding deserves specialist leadership.
What You'll Leave The Programme With
Practical Leadership Toolkit
Everything you need to lead digital safeguarding with confidence, including implementation templates, leadership checklists, policy guidance, risk registers and practical tools you can begin using immediately across your organisation.
Ready-to-Use Resources
Professionally developed incident response frameworks, parent communication templates, staff training materials, curriculum resources and editable documents designed to strengthen safeguarding practice.
Ongoing Confidence
Leave with more than knowledge. Gain the confidence, specialist expertise and practical action plan to lead digital safeguarding across your organisation and respond effectively to an increasingly complex online world.
Meet The Founding Cohort
Join a growing community of professionals committed to strengthening digital safeguarding.
The founding cohort already includes leaders from education, healthcare, sport and organisations supporting children and young people across the UK and internationally.
Meet Your Trainer
Amit Singh Kalley
Digital Safeguarding Specialist | International Speaker & Trainer | Former Deputy Headteacher
As a former Deputy Headteacher, Amit understands the realities of safeguarding leadership and the challenges schools and organisations face every day.
Today, he works with schools, trusts and organisations across the UK and internationally, helping leaders navigate emerging online harms, artificial intelligence and digital safeguarding.
Amit created the UK’s first Designated Digital Safeguarding Lead (DDiSL) Training Programme to help organisations build specialist digital safeguarding leadership.
DDiSL Programme
Why I Created the DDiSL Programme
I experienced first-hand the responsibility that comes with safeguarding children and young people.
As the digital world evolved, it became clear that digital safeguarding had outgrown traditional online safety. Schools needed more than awareness and poorly put together e-safety webinars. They needed specialist leadership.
That’s why I created the UK’s first Designated Digital Safeguarding Lead (DDiSL) Training Programme. To provide comprehensive and specialised digital safeguarding training that builds confident, impactful leadership.
Choose Your Pathway
Choose the pathway that best matches your role, responsibilities and safeguarding goals.
Booking for a Trust or Organisation?
Group bookings are available for schools, trusts, international schools and organisations looking to build digital safeguarding leadership across multiple colleagues.
Bespoke delivery and discounted group rates are available.
Trusted by Schools, MATs and Organisations Committed to Digital Safeguarding
What People Say
Any Question?
Frequently asked questions
Have a question? Here are some of the questions we’re most commonly asked about the DDiSL Training Programme.
If you still have a question, feel free to reach out via email: amit@forworkingparents.com
Who is the DDiSL Training Programme For?
DDiSL has been created for senior leaders, Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs), deputy DSLs, pastoral leaders, online safety leads, trust safeguarding leads, SENDCOs and other professionals working with children and young people. It is also suitable for international school leaders and organisations looking to strengthen digital safeguarding leadership.
Do I need any prior digital safeguarding knowledge?
No. DDiSL has been designed for safeguarding and education professionals, not technology specialists. Whether you’re new to digital safeguarding or already have experience, the programme will help you build the confidence, knowledge and practical leadership skills needed to lead digital safeguarding effectively.
How is the DDiSL Training Programme different from other safeguarding or online safety training?
Most online safety training focuses on awareness or responding to incidents. DDiSL goes much further. It’s a specialist leadership programme designed to help organisations understand emerging digital risks, strengthen safeguarding practice and embed digital safeguarding across policies, culture, staff development and strategic leadership. You’ll leave with practical tools, templates and an implementation framework, not just information.
Is the DDiSL Training Programme suitable for international schools and organisations?
Absolutely. While the programme references UK safeguarding guidance, including Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), the challenges facing children online are global. The leadership principles, practical resources and safeguarding strategies are relevant to schools and organisations worldwide.
How is the programme delivered?
For now, DDiSL is delivered live online, making it accessible wherever you’re based. Sessions are interactive, practical and designed to encourage discussion, reflection and real-world application, rather than simply listening to presentations.
Can our school, trust or organisation book multiple places or a private cohort?
Absolutely. Many schools, multi-academy trusts and organisations choose to train several colleagues together to build consistent digital safeguarding leadership across their teams. We also offer private cohorts tailored specifically for trusts and organisations. These can be delivered in-person or virtually. Please get in touch to discuss your requirements.
What happens after I register?
Once you’ve registered and chosen whether your place is self-funded or paid for by your school/organisation, you’ll receive a confirmation email outlining the next steps. We’ll stay in touch with reminders and relevant updates to ensure you’re fully prepared. Please note that places are only confirmed once payment is received.
Will I receive any accreditation or certificate?
Yes. Every participant who successfully completes the programme will receive a certificate of completion. We are also pursuing recognised CPD accreditation, and if this is secured before your cohort begins, your certificate will reflect this.
The Digital World Isn't Standing Still. Neither Can We.
The digital world is evolving faster than ever, and the risks facing children and young people continue to grow.
The Designated Digital Safeguarding Lead (DDiSL) Training Programme gives you the knowledge, confidence and practical tools to lead digital safeguarding across your organisation.
Join the founding cohort and help shape the future of digital safeguarding leadership.