Ensuring a Joined-up Approach to Safeguarding
Safeguarding children can be as challenging as it is important. Each organisation working closely with children and young people has a hugely important role to play in safeguarding and promoting their wellbeing, to ensure they have the best outcomes. The importance of a joined-up approach to safeguarding In recent years, there have been several high-profile […]
2023 KCSIE Guidance: Key changes you need to know
Read about the latest KCSIE – Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 Updates The updated version of the Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance has now been published by the government and comes into force on the 1st September 2023. The new guidance sets out what schools and other settings in England must do to safeguard […]
8 Factors to Consider When Discussing Youth Suicide and Self-Harm
Content warning: This content discusses suicide and has some mentions of suicidal thoughts and self-harm. Conversations around suicide and self-harm can be extremely difficult, not only in school settings, but in wider society. With suicide rates amongst young people reaching their highest point in 30 years and self-harm hospital admissions up by 22% for children aged 8 to 17, it […]
5 Reasons to Switch Your Safeguarding Software Provider
Monitoring pupil safeguarding is an ongoing and important priority for schools, colleges and other education settings. It’s vital that these settings have the most up-to-date, efficient and effective safeguarding software in place. Effective safeguarding software helps make the process of monitoring safeguarding concerns seamless for school staff, ensures that all concerns – no matter how […]
Mental Health Awareness: Spotting Signs of Loneliness in Schools
Schools have an important duty of care towards pupils, which includes taking measures to safeguard and support their mental and physical wellbeing. While children’s mental health remains a top priority in schools and is constantly raised as a topic of concern by teachers, supporting pupils is still a prevalent challenge within education settings. Recent NHS Digital […]
Supporting Teacher and Staff Wellbeing
While teaching can be incredibly rewarding, it’s not without its challenges. Funding cuts, looming inspections, ambitious targets and pandemic-imposed issues–which are still lingering–are placing school staff under significant pressure. Teachers are stretched in terms of time, money, resources and support – and in many cases, their mental wellbeing is suffering as a result. According to […]
5 Tips for Monitoring Stress Amongst Pupils During Exams
Exam season is on the horizon and can be a particularly stressful time for students. In the run-up to, and during exams, it’s important to be able to spot when students might be feeling particularly stressed and need support. To help you better support students during the exam period and identify signs of stress, we […]
Breaking Down the House of Lords’ Inquiry into The Children and Families Act, 2014
In this blog we outline how safeguarding software can be used to address the recommendations outlined by the House of Lords’ inquiry into the Children and Families Act, 2014. The House of Lords’ inquiry into the consideration of the Children and Families Act, 2014, published 6 December 2022, identified criticisms around the implementation of the act, stating […]
Recording Signs of Bullying: Top Tips for Schools and Other Settings
Bullying affects millions of lives each year and is a challenge that schools have to tackle on an ongoing basis. Bullying can have lasting effects on an individual’s mental wellbeing and confidence growing up, which is why it is important for teachers and safeguarding leads to recognise and address instances of bullying as soon as […]
Teacher Workload Statistics Show a Clear Need for Safeguarding Efficiencies
It’s common knowledge that teachers and wider education staff in the UK are overworked – this was only exacerbated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a 2021 National Education Union survey, completed by more than 10,000 teachers, one in three teachers said they plan to quit teaching within five years because of increased workload and […]