Darren Goodall

Director of Child Protection and Safeguarding

Darren Goodall is the Director of Child Protection and Safeguarding at Maarif Education, Saudi Arabia’s largest private education company, where he provides strategic leadership in occupational health and safety, child protection and wellbeing for 41 schools, 5,000 staff and 37,000 students. A former teacher and police officer, he is a qualified child protection investigator who has worked extensively with children at risk for more than 25 years. He holds an MBA, and he regards safeguarding as the most critical factor in schools achieving quality educational outcomes for students.