The independent safeguarding audit programme for the Church of England was commissioned by the Archbishops’ Council and is overseen by the Church of England’s National Safeguarding Team (NST). Led by the INEQE Safeguarding Group and working to a consistent framework, the audits test the sufficiency of safeguarding arrangements within CofE dioceses and cathedrals. The reports and action plans from individual diocesan and cathedral audits are linked below.
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) was previously commissioned to undertake independent safeguarding audits of Church of England dioceses and cathedrals and both Lambeth and Bishopthorpe Palaces. Those reports and action plans have been archived here.
Audit reports
- Diocese of Bath and Wells Cathedral
- Diocese of Blackburn and Blackburn Cathedral
- Diocese of Bristol and Bristol Cathedral
- Diocese of Carlisle and Carlisle Cathedral
- Diocese of Chichester and Chichester Cathedral
- Diocese of Exeter and Exeter Cathedral
- Diocese of Gloucester and Gloucester Cathedral
- Diocese of Lincoln and Lincoln Cathedral
- Diocese of Oxford
- Diocese of Newcastle and Newcastle Cathedral
- Diocese of Salisbury and Salisbury Cathedral
- Diocese of Truro and Truro Cathedral
- Diocese of Worcester and Worcester Cathedral
- Annual Report 2024
- Chorister Annual Report 2024