Safeguarding

September INSET day: what to cover in your staff safeguarding update
Mental Health
- Bethany Eadie from The Key outlines what updates to include in your safeguarding INSET training so that staff feel prepared and confident to support pupils as they reintegrate
COVID-19 school closures and home learning put children at higher risk
Teaching Practice
- Data protection is now the first line of safeguarding defence says Lynne Taylor
How are schools coping with the coronavirus crisis?
Teaching Schools
- Mark Hayhurst talks to headteachers and school leaders about the problems and solutions caused by COVID-19
Keeping Children Safe in Education 2019 - What’s New and What’s Changed?
Safeguarding
- EduCare gets us up to speed with the most notable changes to this year’s Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance
Child Abuse – What Are the Signs and When Should Schools Act on Them?
Safeguarding
- Ann Marie Christian on what teachers need to know about recognising and reporting cases of potential child abuse
The Online Safeguarding Programme Tackling Cyberbullying
Safeguarding
- We hear how the online incarnation of a long-running safeguarding programme is bringing a range of expertise to bear on keeping children out of harm’s way...
Safeguarding Pupils Doesn’t Stop at the School Gates
Safeguarding
- Mark Bentley explains why safeguarding knowledge is as important for support staff as it is for teachers, and how to roll it out effectively...
Why Schools Can’t Take Shortcuts with their Absence Reporting Procedures
Safeguarding
- Are your processes around querying and reporting pupil absences as robust as they could be? Parent Helen Daykin explains why schools can’t afford to take shortcuts...
The Role Parents Can Play In Your School Safeguarding Strategy
Parental Communications
- It’s worth complementing your staff’s safeguarding training with contributions from parents, advises Laura Ralph
The Asbestos Removal Problem in Schools Won’t Just Go Away
Building Maintenance
- Asbestos removal in schools isn’t seen as a pressing issue – but given the scale of the problem and the response up to now, it should be...