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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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What Trauma-Informed Practice Really Looks Like in Schools
Awareness is only the first step. Learn how schools can take a whole-school approach to trauma-informed practice and create more consistent support for pupils.
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Preventing Tragedies: Learning from Serious Case Reviews
When a child dies of abuse or neglect, it is the duty of all of us to learn from that tragedy and ensure that any ...
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Maintaining Safeguarding Around School Holidays
How to keep pupils safe during any school holiday: identify at-risk children, share vital information with agencies and support wellbeing when pupils return.
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KCSIE 2026 Draft for Consultation: Key Proposed Changes
Everything schools need to know about the draft KCSIE 2026 consultation: key proposed changes and what DSLs can do now to prepare.
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6 Key Reasons to Budget for Safeguarding Software
With mental health and wellbeing issues rising for both children and educational staff, safeguarding in schools and MATs has become more complex.
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The Four C’s of Exceptional Safeguarding Practice
A truly strong safeguarding culture can’t be built on compliance alone. Yes, we must follow the rules - but we must also lead with curiosity, ...
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Applying the Social GGRRAAACCEEESSS Framework in Safeguarding
Reviews are vital in highlighting mistakes, missteps and issues that come up time and time again when delving into a child’s life experience following a ...
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Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) – 5 Key Changes
This practical EYFS safeguarding checklist for providers outlines changes to the EYFS statutory framework.
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Benevolent Childhood Experiences (BCEs) – A Different Approach to Child Wellbeing
The long-term impact of ACEs has been widely studied and research has shown that such incidents can lead to severe long-term health and behavioural challenges.
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Why Reporting Low‑Level Concerns is Essential for your Safeguarding Policy
A report by the North Wales Safeguarding Board found there were early warning signs of concerning behaviour along the way that if reported might have ...
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Early Help: Right Support, Right Time – Why Schools Hold the Key
This proposed new offense is contained in the Crime and Policing Bill which is currently at the committee stage.
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The Crime and Policing Bill: Understanding the Duty to Report Child Sexual Abuse
This proposed new offense is contained in the Crime and Policing Bill which is currently at the committee stage.
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Navigating Child Protection Referrals Together
There were 621,880 referrals to children’s social care in the year ending 31 March 2024 according to the Local Government Association (LGA).
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8 Practical Steps to Promote Student Voice in Schools
Eight key initiatives for any educational setting to develop cultures and practices that enable all student voices.
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Recognising Signs of Physical Abuse in Early Years Children
Research into child practice reviews has shown that children under the age of five are particularly vulnerable to abuse, accounting for over 50% of serious ...
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Rethinking Suicide Prevention in Schools: Moving from Reaction to Proactive Care
Suicide remains one of the most important and complex issues facing young people today. In classrooms, hallways and homes, the warning signs are present long ...
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