Safeguarding Children over the Christmas and New Year period This time of year provides additional challenges for schools and education providers, when it comes to monitoring the wellbeing of children in...
Senior Mental Health Lead Training Grant We are fast approaching the deadline for settings to claim a senior mental health lead training grant. We understand take up has been encouraging...
The Benefits of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) In Safeguarding CPD links formal and information learning directly to your professional practice and is an investment in yourself. CPD in Safeguarding provides...
It's the law! ...what you need to know about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation falls annually on the 6th February. The day...
January 2024 Safeguarding Round Up... In December, a number of updated guidance was published by the Department for Education (DfE). The following areas are covered in more detail below: Working...
School inspection handbook for September 2023 GOV.UK has released the 2023 Ofsted guidance for inspectors on how to carry out inspections for maintained schools and academies (England), which will come into...
Summary of changes: Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 The DfE has released their draft version of KCSiE 2023 – download a copy HERE. The guidance is for information only, and...
The Winners of our 5th Anniversary Competition We want to send a BIG thank you to everyone who participated in our 5th anniversary competition and helped make it a success!...
Safeguarding and the National Emergency Alert The government is rolling out a new Emergency Alert system. The alert will be sent to a mobile phone or tablet and used to...
New legislation banning child marriage has come into force in England and Wales today, 27th February 2023. The new legislation now makes it illegal and a criminal offence to exploit vulnerable...