Category Archives: Safeguarding

Government consultation on children’s social media use: will it protect young people’s wellbeing and ensure safer online experiences?

By Claire Steele

02
Feb
A teacher sitting on a desk speaking calmly with a student in a classroom.
Restrictive interventions, including use of reasonable force, in schools, April 2026: Is Your School Ready?

By Claire Steele

30
Jan
Hands typing on a laptop with digital icons for security, documents, and people floating above the keyboard, illustrating the process of updating a Vulnerable Child Register in an educational setting.
What is a Vulnerable Child Register and what should it look like in my setting?

By Claire Steele

23
Jan
Enthusiastic high school students wearing school uniforms smiling and jumping in school corridor.
Safeguarding, Identity and Belonging: Supporting Pupils in a Climate of Rising Antisemitism and Anti-Islamic Sentiment

By Claire Steele

08
Jan
Adolescence – What Does it Tell Us and How Can We Respond? Individual scrolling on a mobile phone device
‘Adolescence’ The Netflix Series – What Does it Tell Us and How Can We Respond?

By Jo Perrin

18
Dec
A woman in a striped shirt sorts through a tall pile of paperwork on a desk, representing the Recent Curriculum and Assessment Review, using bright binder clips and sticky notes to organize the files.
The Recent Curriculum and Assessment Review – A Safeguarding Perspective

Education Adviser, Emma Mudge, discusses the key messages linked to safeguarding in The Curriculum and...

05
Dec
A classroom scene with students seated at desks, one raising their hand, while a teacher speaks at the front. An adult in the foreground holds a clipboard and pen, observing the lesson, representing the new Ofsted Education Inspection Framework.
Is Safeguarding, once again, best described as the Golden Thread that runs through the new Ofsted Education Inspection Framework (EIF)?

Education Adviser and Interim School Support Lead, Jo Perrin, discusses the new Ofsted Education Inspection...

17
Nov
Understanding The Scale Of Bullying and Some Useful Anti-Bullying Resources to Support Schools [Guest Blog]

Guest Blogger, Adam Morris, discusses the scale of bullying and points to useful anti-bullying resources...

13
Nov
A child holding a sign in front of a chalkboard that reads “STOP BULLYING,” with the letter O replaced by a red handprint. Symbolising bullying on anti-bullying week 2025.
Harnessing “the power of good”: Working With Parents to Address Bullying and Child-on-Child Abuse

Anti-Bullying Week provides an opportunity for schools and families to reflect on the role parents...

10
Nov
A narrow, dimly lit alleyway between old brick buildings, illuminated by a few wall-mounted lamps, leading toward a small open area with more buildings in the distance.
Personal Safety Advice vs. Victim Blaming – A Balancing Act of How Language and Awareness Matters

What can we do to ensure that our setting has the correct balance of giving...

04
Nov
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