DfE to host four safeguarding webinars for schools A series of four webinars is being held to support schools on meeting specific requirements of the Keeping children safe in education statutory safeguarding guidance.
Child abuse: Resources offer crucial safeguarding insights for schools Resources to help school and education professionals identify and respond to concerns of child sexual abuse have been published.
Resources to help schools identify young carers ahead of census With one in five students having caring responsibilities, schools are being helped to identify and support these vulnerable young people ahead of new census requirements.
Will a pupil reach out to you during Anti-Bullying Week? The annual Anti-Bullying Week takes place from November 14 to 18. Martha Evans looks at how the campaign is encouraging supportive conversations about bullying and asks all school staff to be aware of what they can do if a pupil reaches out to them
Online safety: Filtering and monitoring Schools are reminded to check that filtering and monitoring are correctly working across all their devices, especially any mobile devices being used.
Anti-Bullying Week and United Against Bullying: Resources and support Are we allowing pupils to ‘reach out’ about bullying? Ahead of this year’s Anti-Bullying Week 2022, Martha Evans looks at resources and funded support to ensure this work is embedded in your schools all year round
A guide for working with families affected by child sexual abuse A guide to help professionals support parents/carers if concerns about sexual abuse have surfaced has been produced by the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse.
Pupil Premium Best Practice: A week to go Headteacher Update's National Pupil Premium best practice conference – offering 18 sessions all of which will give practical strategies that can be adapted and adopted for your school’s circumstances – takes place in a week's time.
Safeguarding briefing: Changing facilities A new safeguarding briefing for schools outlines best practice on changing areas and the supervision of children who are getting ready for lessons such as PE and drama.
Model policy for allergy management in schools A fifth of fatal anaphylaxis reactions that take place in schools are in children with no prior history of food and allergy.
Supporting pupils who have lost someone during Covid Gail Precious discusses the impact of Covid-19 on the numbers of bereaved pupils and outlines some considerations for teachers when offering support to a grieving pupil
All fun and games? Safer Internet Day 2022 "All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online” is the theme for this year’s Safer Internet Day, which takes place on February 8.
Responding to harmful sexual behaviours among children A helpline has been launched for education and safeguarding professionals to help them respond to incidents of inappropriate sexual behaviour among children and young people.
Speak Out Stay Safe The NSPCC’s Speak Out Stay Safe safeguarding programme is helping teachers to respond more effectively to children in need, an evaluation has reported.
Anti-Bullying Week: Three ideas for cultivating kindness Ahead of Anti-Bullying Week 2021, Martha Evans offers three ideas for how we can cultivate a kinder school environment and create a happier school, including five questions to get your pupils thinking about kindness...
How are you supporting your pupils' mental health and wellbeing? A range of practical advice for supporting the wellbeing and good mental health of children and young people in schools is on offer at the Sixth National Pupil Mental Health Online Conference.
Webinar: Supporting children affected by trauma and abuse A webinar advising early years professionals on how to support children who have been affected by trauma or abuse is running later this month.
Your school’s bereavement policy A charity has published a bereavement policy for schools to help them support pupils dealing with the unexpected death of a loved one.
Safer Internet Day 2021: Safeguarding competition Pupils are being asked to imagine what the safeguarding solution of the future could look like as part of a competition to mark this year’s Safer Internet Day.
Zack’s Story animations tackle societal issues Zack’s Story is a series of short stop-motion animations aimed at helping teachers and other educators to raise awareness of issues such as loneliness, hate crime and county lines.
United Against Bullying: Anti-Bullying Week 2020 Anti-Bullying Week 2020 takes place from November 16 to 20 and the Anti-Bullying Alliance has lined up free resources and activity ideas to help schools prepare. Martha Evans offers some advice
Back to School Guide: Supporting student wellbeing In this 12-page Back to School guide, we consider how the lockdown will have affected young people’s wellbeing and mental health, what challenges we expect to see as more pupils return, and how schools must respond...
All Together: Free anti-bullying programme The All Together anti-bullying programme is free for schools in England and has just been extended until March 2021. Nicola Murray from the Anti-Bullying Alliance explains
Safeguarding course tackles witchcraft allegations and honour-based abuse A rise in allegations of witchcraft against children has sparked the release of an e-learning programme to help professionals spot the signs of this little understood form of abuse.
Resources encourage pupils to explore issues of online identity How young people manage their identity online is to be the focus for the next Safer Internet Day, with organisers offering a range of new resources for schools.
