Safeguarding

The latest news, analysis and professional advice on keeping children safe, including new legislation, KCSIE updates, case studies from DSLs and more

Yesterday

28th May 2025

Teachers have their say on restraint and seclusion in Scottish schools
Should schools have to report the use of restraint and seclusion? This is one question MSPs are asking as they seek teachers views’ on proposed new legislation
restraint and seclusion

Thursday

22nd May 2025

How to create a truly inclusive education system
The executive chair of the Centre for Young Lives explains its new roadmap to help the government deliver a more inclusive school system – and why inclusion is so important
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Monday

19th May 2025

Third of school staff say safeguarding training ‘inadequate’
Tes Safeguarding Report 2025 reveals that school staff see the monitoring of online behaviour outside of school as the biggest challenge
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Monday

12th May 2025

Safeguarding code for international school recruitment launched
British International Schools Safeguarding Coalition issues framework for schools within seven associations to embed improved recruitment processes
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Thursday

1st May 2025

1 in 8 secondary teachers reports student sexual assault
Every secondary school should have a dedicated lead for preventing violence against women and girls, says the Youth Endowment Fund
New research reveals how common sexual assaults were in secondary schools in the autumn term

Sunday

27th Apr 2025

How well do you understand the dangers of nicotine pouches?
With a ban on single-use vapes coming into force, pouches are a new source of nicotine favoured by young people – so what do teachers need to know about the risks they pose?
Nicotine pouche with question mark

Thursday

24th Apr 2025

How safeguarding leads fall into the regional inconsistency trap
Discrepancies in the ways councils receive safeguarding referrals make the job of a DSL ever harder. Experts tell Ellen Peirson-Hagger how a more streamlined system would help staff to better protect children
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Thursday

17th Apr 2025

Most teachers see pupils showing signs of hunger
The government must take action ‘in the face of high and rising rates of child poverty’, says the NEU in response to its own research
Hungry child

Saturday

5th Apr 2025

Why screening Adolescence in schools could do more harm than good
The hit TV drama about incel culture will be available to schools for free – but showing it to students is a risky move, warns safeguarding lead Thomas Michael
Why screening Adolesence in schools could do more harm than good

Friday

4th Apr 2025

Third of teenage girls ‘no longer feel safe in school’
Secondary students in England enjoy school less than their peers in other countries, UCL research shows
A third of teenage girls no longer feel safe in school, research shows

Thursday

3rd Apr 2025

Phillipson: More male teachers needed to combat ‘toxic’ influences
Education secretary’s appeal to address online influences on boys comes as children’s commissioner warns of a ‘crisis in childhood’
Education secretary Bridget Phillipson says recruiting more male teachers will help to tackle misogyny

Tuesday

1st Apr 2025

Why supervision is critical as safeguarding incidents rise
As schools support increasing numbers of pupils through trauma, it is essential that we provide supervision to give staff a safe space for reflection, says this head of safeguarding
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