Let’s explore how children can be harmed in education settings and how that harm might not always be obvious or intentional.​

​This activity helps us reflect on how harm can take many forms, not just physical or sexual and not always deliberate.​

​In safer recruitment, it’s crucial to understand the full range of behaviours that can cause harm, as well as the professional boundaries that help keep children safe. This supports our decision-making when assessing risk, reading between the lines in references or interviews and identifying warning signs early.​

​One the screen are 12 school or education setting based scenarios, each one describes a behaviour or situation from an education setting.​

​Your task is to sort them into categories, using three criteria:​

• Was the harm accidental, neglectful or deliberate?​​