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Hear me. Believe me. Respect me: Receiving Safeguarding Disclosures Well
Have you ever thought about how we engage with children and young people impacts on them? As professionals, we aim for high standards – well ...
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Safeguarding in Early Years: Practical Strategies Every DSL and Manager Needs to Strengthen Their Setting
Safeguarding in early years has never stood still, but the expectations placed on leaders and practitioners continue to evolve. Alongside changes to statutory guidance, increasing ...
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Online safety doesn’t stop at the school gate: why parent engagement must be part of digital safeguarding
Children do not leave their online lives behind when they walk through the school gates. A disagreement that begins in a WhatsApp group on Sunday ...
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Benedict’s Law beyond the first-aid room
Benedict’s Law sits at the intersection of both healthcare and safeguarding within schools. In September 2026, Benedict’s Law, formally part of the Children’s Wellbeing and ...
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Safeguarding Culture Doesn’t Stop at the Staff Room Door
Safeguarding in early years has never stood still, but the expectations placed on leaders and practitioners continue to evolve. Alongside changes to statutory guidance, increasing ...
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Joining the dots: How context shapes safeguarding risk
At 8.15 a.m., fourteen-year-old Maya arrives at school without her coat. She says she lost it. Her teacher notices that she has stopped sitting with ...
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“Does It Happen Here? Do You Care?”
Safeguarding has come a long way in sport. National governing bodies set clear expectations, clubs run DBS checks and training, and welfare officers exist at ...
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World Suicide Prevention Day: Supporting At-Risk Pupils Proactively
Pupils who are struggling are not always invisible. They were seen, but not always seen as a whole person, across every part of their school ...
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September 2026 Ofsted Changes: The School Leader’s Readiness Guide
The first annual update to Ofsted's inspection materials has been published, giving school leaders their clearest picture yet of what inspections will look like from ...
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Who’s on Your School Site? Preparing for the 2026 Safeguarding Changes
For school leaders, now is the time to review existing safeguarding and visitor management processes to ensure they remain compliant and effective.
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When School Isn’t There: Safeguarding in Periods of Reduced Visibility
How to prepare children, families and professionals so that safeguarding remains everyone's responsibility, even when the daily protective presence of school is absent.
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Why every school needs a Designated Digital Safeguarding Lead
While safeguarding has always evolved alongside society, the pace of change in the digital world is unlike anything most schools have experienced before.
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KCSIE 2026: What Schools and Early Years Leaders Need to Do Before 1 September
The latest version of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) reinforces an important message that has always sat at the heart of safeguarding: protecting children ...
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Part Two, The Power of Hope: How Reframing Language can Re-engage the Most Disengaged Children
Hope is built in the small human moments of connection, and the beautiful thing is that the whole eco-system benefits when even one young person ...
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Part One, The Power of Hope: Why Building the Self is Vital for Vulnerable Young People
Hope is not just a fluffy or intangible feel-good idea. It is teachable. It is buildable, and when we get it right, it changes absolutely ...
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The Importance of Student Voice in SEND
For many children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), these traditional approaches can unintentionally exclude the very voices we are trying ...
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Building Effective Safer Recruitment Practices in International Schools
As schools recruit staff from across the world, they must balance varying legal systems, cultural expectations, employment standards and safeguarding practices.
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Effective safeguarding reporting: 10 things every governor’s report should cover
This blog covers 10 key headings on safeguarding reporting every DSL and safeguarding governor needs — from concerns and referrals to Section 175.
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Supporting the Wellbeing of Care Experienced Children in Schools
Education settings act as an important part of the "corporate parent," and are responsible for ensuring positive care experiences.
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Is Your School’s Online Safety Policy Fit for AI?
AI is reshaping safeguarding in schools faster than online safety policies can keep up. Find out what school leaders should be doing now.
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Perspective: What Louis Theroux’s Manosphere Documentary Means for Schools
The documentary highlights how online communities can provide belonging, identity and a sense of explanation for personal struggles.
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