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Safeguarding Students in Alternative Provisions
When it comes to safeguarding students, alternative provisions (APs) face many unique challenges. Often, the students who attend these education settings have complex social, emotional, ...
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Keeping Children Safe in Sports: The CPSU’s Information Sharing Guidelines
Ensuring that children are safe during sports activities, events and competitions requires seamless communication between various parties involved in their care.
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Suicide Prevention in Schools: Changing the Narrative
Despite being a critical public health issue, discussions about suicide are often shrouded in stigma and misconceptions, with myths like "talking about it can lead ...
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6 Key Findings from the ‘Not in School: The Mental Health Barriers to School Attendance’ Report
In this blog we analyse the important findings and recommendations of the report, and explore how safeguarding software can support education settings, in tandem with ...
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Aligning Your Safeguarding Practices with National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland
It’s a good time to ensure that every school and organisation in Scotland that works with children is clear about the latest guidance and policies ...
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Webinar Recap: How to Improve your Safeguarding Adult Practices
This blog article breaks down a webinar about safeguarding and protecting the health and wellbeing of staff in any organisation.
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Adverse Childhood Experiences: Equipping Teachers to Better Support Students
The NHS defines ACEs as “highly stressful, and potentially traumatic, events or situations that occur during childhood and/or adolescence.
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Implementing Your Attendance Policy for Optimal Outcomes
This blog article breaks down some of the key updates to the DfE attendance guidance 2024 and how technology can help you adhere to the ...
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Joining up the Dots: Preventing Sexual Abuse in Schools
In this blog, we take a closer look at possible warning signs of sexual abuse, the impact it can have and the importance of early ...
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The Suicide Prevention Strategy: What does it mean for schools?
Although suicide is the leading cause of death for young people in the UK, it is important to understand suicide is preventable. Too often young ...
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Supporting the Transition to College with Effective Safeguarding
The transition from secondary education to further education (FE) colleges marks a significant milestone in a student’s academic journey. However, this transition also brings with ...
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Spotting the Signs – How to Identify Students Under Exam Pressure
Exam season is on the horizon and can be a particularly stressful time for students. In 2023, Childline delivered almost 2,000 counselling sessions about exam ...
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Addressing the Mental Health Crisis in Schools
The mental health of children has become a paramount issue, underscored by a report from Children’s Commissioner Anne Longfield. It reveals that a quarter of ...
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Recognising the Signs of Domestic Abuse in Children and Young People
The number of children who experience domestic abuse in the UK is staggering, but the signs that someone is struggling can be difficult to spot. ...
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Preparing Your School for Inspections
Preparing Your School for Inspections School inspections, such as those conducted by inspectorates such as Ofsted, Estyn and the ISI, have long been pivotal events ...
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Ensuring Your Safeguarding Practices Are Up to Speed
Creating a safe and secure environment in schools, for both students and staff, requires effective safeguarding processes and the right tools in place to support ...
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Webinar Recap: Safeguarding Strategies for Dual Registered Pupils
The number of children attending and being referred to Alternative provisions (APs) has been on the rise since 2017, according to Ofsted. Often, children who ...
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Key Learnings from the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel: Annual Report 2022 to 2023
Guest Author: Jon Trew Safeguarding is an ever-evolving challenge in schools, local authorities and all settings responsible for protecting children. As technology, society and the ...
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Safeguarding Wales: Preparing for Estyn Inspections in 2024
In September 2024, the Welsh Inspecting board Estyn will begin a new cycle of inspections, with a revised framework. The aim of the new inspections ...
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Low Mood: 4 Key Indicators of Safeguarding Concerns to Look Out For
Monitoring and supporting the wellbeing of students is a crucial responsibility for education staff, but it can also be a challenging task. If a child ...
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Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 Update: How CPOMS Can Help
Guest Author: Jon Trew In December of 2023 the government updated their guidance: ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’. This information is the multi-agency statutory guidance ...
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