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Ofsted annual report 2024/25 published. What does it tell us?
Dec 05, 2025
Ofsted's annual report 2024/25 presents findings for the areas subject to inspections in early years childcare, schools, further education and skills and children's social care. Read our response to the report.
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Christmas Fairs and the PTA
Dec 05, 2025
What safeguarding information do external companies / individuals need to provide to the school and the PTA if they are participating in an event on school premises?
January 2026 Training Courses
Dec 03, 2025
January 2026 will see four expert safeguarding training courses delivered: Safeguarding Supervision; the DSL Support Programme; Child-on-Child Abuse Training, and Suicide Prevention with PAPYRUS.
Free webinar - 2 December: Safeguarding insights on the new Ofsted inspection framework
Nov 28, 2025
If you missed our series of webinars on the new inspection framework, there is one last chance to attend with our final webinar, in conjunction with CPOMS. Find out more and book your free place.
Safeguarding Bulletin - 26 November 2025
Nov 26, 2025
In this Bulletin: Barriers to effective safeguarding following reports of child-on-child sexual assault; Staff wellbeing across the education sector drops to its lowest since 2019; AI-generated child sexual abuse material; Early Threat Identification Notice for Safeguarding Professionals; Free Webinars – 2 December
Working Together? Barriers to effective safeguarding following reports of child-on-child sexual assault.
Nov 22, 2025
Alex Wilson is Head of Pastoral Care and Designated Safeguarding Lead at Bright Outcomes. Alex’s research focuses on child-on-child sexual harm and improving multi-agency responses in schools. Here she shares some of her recent findings.
Free Webinar - 2 December 2025: School Wellbeing and Attendance: Creating a Compassionate and Child-Centre Approach
Nov 18, 2025
In partnership with EdPsychEd, authors of the Emotionally Based School Avoidance blog series Dr Jerricah Holder will share her ‘Integrated Model of EBSA’ enabling Designated Safeguarding Leads to develop a greater understanding of the complex and often multi-faceted aspects of school avoidance behaviours. Find out more and book your free place.
Safeguarding Bulletin - 12 November 2025
Nov 12, 2025
In this Bulletin: Developing a safeguarding culture; Creating Consistent EBSA Responses: A DSL's Role in Whole-School Training; Ofsted tweaks inspection framework; AI-generated targets for minimum pupil attendance; Teaching students how to use AI to support their learning; Free Webinar – 2 December
Creating Consistent EBSA Responses: A DSL's Role in Whole-School Training
Nov 11, 2025
When your entire school community recognises emotional distress behind attendance struggles, vulnerable children experience the consistency that allows them to feel genuinely safe. This systematic understanding doesn't just improve attendance - it creates the safe, predictable environment that vulnerable children need to feel safe and learn. Read more in the final blog of our EBSA series.
Free Webinar 12 November: Strengthening your Safeguarding Culture and Practice under the New Inspection Framework
Nov 10, 2025
Safeguarding remains at the heart of the inspection process. Join us for a free webinar on 12 November exploring how to demonstrate a strong safeguarding culture within a whole-school approach.
Developing a culture of safeguarding
Nov 07, 2025
The publication of Our Bravery Brought Justice – the Extended Child Practice Review relating to Neil Foden, identifies the importance of an all round culture of safeguarding and ultimately for situations to be viewed through a safeguarding lens with the underlying question of “what does this mean for the child?” Read our thoughts and what we can do to enable the voice of the child to be heard.
The Good Childhood Report 2025
Nov 04, 2025
The Children’s Society has been carrying out research on children’s wellbeing for nearly two decades. This latest report is compiled from a range of sources – surveys, Young Advisor consultations, peer consultations and information from professionals that work with children. We summarize some of the findings and list questions to help you reflect on your setting's RHSE, safeguarding and pastoral provisions.
Safeguarding Bulletin - 29 October 2025
Oct 29, 2025
In this Bulletin: Victims and Courts Bill: Government tables reforms to protect children from parents who are sex offenders; Government plans to repeal presumption of parental involvement; The 6 7 Hype: What’s It All About?; The Good Childhood Report 2025; External safeguarding case review published into offending of Michael Strange.
The 6 7 Hype: What’s It All About?
Oct 28, 2025
If you have heard pupils shouting “six seven” recently and wondered what it means, you are not alone. The latest viral craze has quickly made its way from TikTok to classrooms across the country, leaving many teachers curious and slightly bewildered. Is it something to worry about, or just harmless fun? We have looked into where it came from, what it means, and why understanding online trends helps us connect with young people.
AoCPP Events - November / December 2025 – Free for Safeguarding Network members
Oct 27, 2025
Safeguarding Network members can join the Association of Childcare Protection Professionals for free and attend all their events without charge. Here are November and December's events.