d ensure that all governors and trustees receive appropriate safeguarding and child protection (including online) training at induction. This training should equip them with the knowledge to provide strategic challenge to test and assure themselves that the safeguarding policies and procedures in place in schools and colleges are effective and support the delivery of a robust whole school approach to safeguarding. Their training should be updated regularly. 80. Governing bodies and proprietors should be aware of their obligations under the Human Rights Act 199823, the Equality Act 201024, (including the Public Sector Equality Duty25), and their local multi-agency safeguarding arrangements.26 Human Rights Act 1998 81. The Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) sets out the fundamental rights and freedoms that everyone in the UK is entitled to and contains the Articles and protocols of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) (the Convention) that are deemed to apply in the UK. It compels public organisations to respect and protect an individual’s human rights when they make individual decisions about them. 82. Under the HRA, it is unlawful for schools and colleges to act in a way that is incompatible with the Convention. The specific Convention rights applying to schools and colleges are: • Article 3: the right to freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment (an absolute right) • Article 8: the right to respect for private and family life (a qualified right) includes a duty to protect individuals’ physical and psychological integrity • Article 14: all of the rights and freedoms set out in the Act must be protected and applied without discrimination.27 and • Protocol 1, Article 2: protects the right to education. 23 Human Rights Act 1998 (legislation.gov.uk) 24 Equality Act 20