Latest News - February 2012
The Education Bill has received Royal Assent
and includes changes to searching in schools and colleges -
http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/education.html
Discipline
This Part extends the power of members of staff at schools and further education institutions to search pupils without their consent for an item that has been, or is likely to be, used to commit an offence or cause injury to the pupil or another, or damage property, and to search for items banned under the school rules.
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Draft regulations for the disposal of Items found during searches
http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/13537/1/9780111519097.pdf
Status Training liasing wth the Department for Education
to bring the latest changes into our training courses.
Book now for interesting inset day and staff development training
Now taking bookings for 2012
National Occupational Standards in Search
UKCES have recently relaunched the NOS directory as the 'NOS Database' (www.ukstandards.org.uk) complete with new look and information designed to assist employees, employers and training providers in their use of NOS.
A Case Study relating to how Status Training used the newly developed Security Search NOS appears in the section entitled 'Education and Training Providers'.
http://www.ukstandards.co.uk/about-nos/Pages/Case-Studies-Education.aspx
Drugs, Alcohol and Other Prohibited Items - 5 -6 hours - Powers, Policies and Procedures -
Why not combine the Searching Course and the Dealing with Difficult People Course? This can be done as a full days training.
Schools and colleges are able to search for items in addition to weapons without consent?
Our training Includes made and adapted weapons and how they are used and hidden, drug awareness -and where drugs may be concealed, testing soft drinks for alcohol content and the psychology of where to look for stolen goods and other prohibited items
Accredited Staff Training with Certificates from 
"I would like to thank you for a very worthwhile course. The verbal feedback I received was very positive and this will help us move forward with confidence in our working with the pupils."
"Peter is an enthusiastic and interesting trainer who clearly knows his subject!"
"Thoroughly enjoyable"
Our 'Train the Trainer' Security Search Operations Course is now available in partnership with Skills for Security

Designed to the National Occupational Standards in Security Search
Click here for further details
Security Health Check
Identify threats to your business, premises and staff, how you can protect against them and how to use the security survey as part of your ongoing risk analysis and security strategy.
Click here for further details
Our Training has been featured in the Times Education Supplement
'Staff Short on Legal Know How'
'Raising the Alarm'
The issue- Enhanced Powers 2010
'Spectre of college killers visits Britain' 2009
For individual Members of Staff
we are pleased to present the following seminar in partnership with the AoC (Association of Colleges)
Drugs, Alcohol and Prohibited Items
Search - Powers, Procedures and Policies