Category Archives: Safeguarding
KCSIE 2025 – What’s Changed?
Education Adviser, Jo Perrin, discusses the changes to the KCSIE 2025 draft and points out...
Jul
How to Request Information from a GP to Best Safeguard a Child
As a DSL, there’s nothing more frustrating than having that niggling feeling that something really...
Feb
Why is Parent Communication and Collaboration Essential for Effective Safeguarding?
Parents play a vital role in protecting children, but without understanding the importance of collaboration...
Jan
The New Draft RSHE Statutory Guidance – What are the likely implications for your School Curriculum and Pupils?
Have you ever waited patiently for a Christmas or birthday gift, and despite the fact...
May
Supporting Children with a Parent in Prison
The National Information Centre of Children of Offenders (NICCO) estimate that 310,000 children every year...
Apr
Safeguarding and Attendance Data – What Does New Research Tell Us?
You can’t seem to go a day without seeing an article in mainstream newspapers, not...
Mar
Parental Separation and Divorce – How Can We Best Support Children at the Centre?
Safeguarding Adviser Lucie Welch discusses the impact parental separation and divorce can have on children,...
Mar
Safeguarding Issues in the News – Downplaying Abuse and Neglect
Downplaying Abuse and Neglect – If we call lots of things “abuse,” do we...
Mar
Child Abduction & Community Safety Incident – What Could They Look Like in Your Setting?
Annex B of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 mentions Child Abduction and Community Safety...
Feb