guarding of children and the legal reporting duties on employers. Recruitment and selection process 210. This section focuses on ensuring potential applicants are given the right messages about the school and college’s commitment to recruit suitable people. 211. It is vital that as part of their whole school or college approach to safeguarding governing bodies and proprietors create a culture that safeguards and promotes the welfare of children in their school or college. As part of this culture, it is important that they adopt robust recruitment procedures that deter and prevent people who are unsuitable to work with children from applying for or securing employment, or volunteering opportunities in schools and colleges. 212. Governing bodies and proprietors should ensure that those involved with the recruitment and employment of staff to work with children have received appropriate safer recruitment training, the substance of which should at a minimum cover the content of this part (Part three) of this guidance. 213. The School Staffing (England) Regulations 200958 and the Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Application of Enactments) (England) Regulations 200759 require governing bodies of maintained schools and management committees of pupil referral units (PRUs) to ensure that at least one of the persons who conducts an 58 The School Staffing (England) Regulations 2009 (legislation.gov.uk) regulation 9. 59 The Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Application of Enactments) (England) Regulations 2007 (legislation.gov.uk) 58 interview has completed safer recruitment training. Governing bodies of maintained schools and management committees of PRUs may choose appropriate training and may take advice from the safeguarding partners in doing so. Advert 214. Schools and colleg