The Department for Education is consulting on proposals to strengthen protections for children in unregistered alternative provision settings.
Life Lessons have partnered with the NSPCC in order to support schools with safeguarding and behaviour across the UK and that we are well placed to support your school.
The National Crime Agency has issued an alert to hundreds of thousands of education professionals following a considerable increase in global cases of financially motivated sexual extortion – a type of online blackmail widely known as ‘sextortion’.
Termly update of local and national developments in the safeguarding field.
Free online parenting courses are available to help parents and carers understand their children's feelings better and how they can support their children through the years as they develop and grow.
Separating parents can now download a free app to help them self--manage their separation. manage their separation.
The IWF and NSPCC say tech platforms must do more to protect children online as confirmed sextortion cases soar. Article and resources to support the Report Remove Tool.
This call for evidence is therefore deliberately broad and seeks to reflect areas and issues that have been shared by school and college safeguarding professionals, or where wider systemic changes mean we have an opportunity to better align school and college safeguarding policy, including the findings of Ofsted's ‘Big Listen.’
The DfE commissioned Revealing Reality to carry out research to understand how special and alternative provision schools in England currently use reasonable force, including physical restraint and other restrictive practices, and to learn what these schools believe works to effectively minimise the need to use such methods.
The DfE continue to hold online Prevent awareness sessions for FE/skills staff. The sessions cover all of the important issues that staff need to know for Prevent .
Links to live investigations of critical incidents in Bristol
In light of the recent sad events and loss of life of children in Bristol, this page collates the support and guidance for colleagues who work in education settings.
The Government has launched a national attendance communications campaign aimed at parents and carers. The campaign will take place January-March 2024 and remind families that moments matter, attendance counts.
This bulletin has been shared with colleagues who are signed up to our mailing list for those who are working with a setting that is a relevant agency within the Keeping Bristol Safe Partnership (KBSP).
To sign up to our mailing list Bristol Safeguarding in Education Mailing List.
This is a set of resources which are child focused to support education professionals working with children and families who have been affected by the conflict between Israel and Palestine
This multiagency in-person training will support practitioners to identify parental conflict, start a conversation and provide support and comes with a handy toolkit.
Working with children age 8-14 who may be affected by inter parental conflict? This project might be for you.
The overall objective is to give young people a voice on how they are policed and help Avon and Somerset Police to improve and recognise best practice, in the same way currently afforded to adults through the Independent Scrutiny of Police Powers Panel.
Services include tailored age appropriate workshops, staff training on awareness and pathways to support and a direct referral pathway. Book now!
UK government are calling for evidence from anyone working with children in any capacity between Monday 22 May to Monday 14 August - have your say!