Safeguarding

The latest news, analysis and professional advice on keeping children safe, including new legislation, KCSIE updates, case studies from DSLs and more

Monday

29th Apr 2024

Teachers urged to talk to pupils about sextortion
National Crime Agency issues guidance to teachers about spotting the signs of this ‘callous’ abuse
Teachers urged to talk to pupils about ‘sextortion’

Friday

26th Apr 2024

Keeping Children Safe in Education: how things may change
A quietly announced call for evidence around school safeguarding guidance gives a sense of what future changes may occur, says Luke Ramsden
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Tuesday

23rd Apr 2024

Fitness to teach cases in Scotland hit 10-year high
General Teaching Council for Scotland says the spike is due to an increase in the number of teachers being referred and difficulties progressing cases, including during the pandemic
Investigation files

Friday

22nd Mar 2024

‘Something bad will happen’: how social care cuts hit exclusions
School leaders trying to uphold good behaviour are facing impossible decisions because the decline in social services has removed the safety net for vulnerable students who are suspended or excluded, finds Dan Worth
‘Something bad will happen’: how social care cuts hit exclusions

Monday

18th Mar 2024

Why we created a ‘DSL Academy’ that is open to all
The head of safeguarding at Endeavour Learning Trust explains how she created a network for schools to collaborate on training, resources and information sharing
DSL sheepdog

Friday

15th Mar 2024

We need to know which children aren’t in school
The lack of proper data on children not in school obstructs efforts to support the vulnerable, says an MP who has introduced a bill to create a not-in-school register
We must track children not in school

Thursday

14th Mar 2024

Nude and semi-nude images and AI risks: safeguarding guidance
Advice for schools from the UK Council for Internet Safety focuses on artificial intelligence as well as updates on device seizures and external speakers
Nude and semi-nude images and AI risks: New safeguarding guidance

Friday

8th Mar 2024

Ofsted launches Big Listen on future of inspection
Watchdog could withhold ‘inadequate’ inspection judgement on schools that are only failing on safeguarding
Safeguarding ofsted listening

Monday

26th Feb 2024

Safeguarding needs a standard training framework
Without a quality benchmark for safeguarding training, many DSLs will continue to be left ill-equipped for this complex role, says welfare lead Heather Fowler
Safeguarding umbrella

Thursday

22nd Feb 2024

Does return of ‘form class’ signal wellbeing focus?
Ten minutes of registration at the start of the school day could be brought back by one council five years after it was scrapped, despite the general trend of local authority cuts
Does return of registration signal bigger focus on wellbeing?

Wednesday

21st Feb 2024

New legal duty for schools to report child sexual abuse
Headteachers’ leader voices concern about the capacity of social care and the police to help children if there is an increase in referrals
A new legal duty has been created to report child sex abuse which covers schools.

Tuesday

20th Feb 2024

De Souza wants to check every school’s approach to phones
The children’s commissioner told Commons Education Select Committee MPs today that she would like to get a national picture of how schools restrict mobile use
Dame Rachel de Souza has said that she wants to check all school's mobile phone policies.