Safeguarding Newsletter - Issue 2
Issue 2 of the UnlockingChildren.co.uk Safeguarding Newsletter.
Resources, Training and CPD
The SEND Network podcast amplifies voices across the sector to provide practical insight to help you with your day-to-day work.
Ofsted School inspection handbook
This handbook describes the main activities carried out during graded, ungraded and urgent inspections of maintained schools and academies in England under sections 5 and 8 of the Education Act 2005.
Parent Online Safety: Resources and Training for Schools
We know it's not easy to talk to parents about online safety - so we've created a ready to use presentation for you to deliver to them. Find top tips, discussion starters and resources to help empower them to keep their children safe and start those key safeguarding conversations.
Speak out Stay safe is a safeguarding programme consisting of assemblies and workshops, for children aged 5-11 years-old. It is available to all primary schools in the UK and Channel Islands.
Bromley Parenting Hub - Stop, Think, Change
For our children to thrive and live healthy, safe and secure lives, they need to experience family relationships that are healthy and stable. All relationships have tricky moments – it’s how they are experienced and resolved that matters. Many research studies have proven that positive relationships have a significant impact on the children in those families.
Safeguarding Best Practices
Responding to Online Extremism – Guidance for Professionals and Parents
In the wake of the recent events that are currently taking place, the rise of online extremist and racist content has become more apparent across social media, forums and discussion groups.
Handling conversations and preventing racist bullying in schools: A blog for school staff
The impact of the racist, xenophobic and Islamophobic riots that occurred over the summer has undoubtedly raised concerns among pupils, staff, and parents. Some pupils and staff will live in areas affected by the violence, they may even have been targeted or have parents involved in the riots, others will have seen it on the news or online and be concerned about what they saw.
Research and Case Reviews
One small step? Links between educational transitions and young people's wellbeing
This report looks at subjective wellbeing among children and young people in England and Wales during school years associated with educational transitions (comparing years 6 and 7, 9 and 10, and 11 and 12).
Suicide: learning from case reviews
Learning from case reviews underlines the importance of understanding the cumulative effect of different risk factors, speaking to children about their world and promoting positive, trusting relationships in children’s lives.
Any Other Safeguarding News
Compensation scheme for 'zombie' knives and machetes
How to surrender prohibited offensive weapons and claim compensation under the scheme. The scheme applies to ‘zombie-style’ knives and 'zombie-style' machetes.