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Keeping Children Safe in Out-of-School Settings
Safeguarding goes beyond the classroom environment. All groups and out-of-school settings (OOSS) have a duty of care to look after the children they come into ...
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Addressing the Long-Term Impact of COVID-19 on Children’s Wellbeing
While it has been over three years since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic, the impact and effects of ...
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In Conversation with HeadteacherChat: Improving the Sharing of Safeguarding Information
Recently, CPOMS was invited onto the HeadteacherChat podcast, a resource which offers training and support for senior leaders in education, to discuss the importance of ...
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Ensuring Effective Safeguarding Strategies for Dual Registered Pupils
The number of children in and being referred to Alternative Provisions (APs) including Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) continues to grow. According to Ofsted, the number ...
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ISI Framework 23: Key Changes You Need to Know
Safeguarding in Independent Schools Safeguarding challenges across educational settings have never been more complex. Independent schools are increasingly faced with addressing issues such as sexual ...
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Addressing the Rise of Absenteeism in Schools
Pupil absenteeism is a growing challenge that many schools are facing, recently labelled “the new epidemic in schools” by the head of Education at the ...
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How to Maintain Effective Safeguarding During School Closures
After more than a few years of disruption to learning both during and post-pandemic, the start of the 2023-24 academic year began with upheaval for ...
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The Crucial Role of Multi-Agency Collaboration During the Summer Holidays
For most children, the summer holidays are an opportunity to spend quality time with friends and family and should be for fun and relaxation. For ...
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Resources and Support for Children Over the Summer Holidays
According to a new survey, more than one in five parents are worried about how they will feed their family during the summer holidays amid sky-high ...
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Ensuring a Joined-up Approach to Safeguarding
Safeguarding children can be as challenging as it is important. Each organisation working closely with children and young people has a hugely important role to ...
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2023 KCSIE Guidance: Key changes you need to know
Read about the latest KCSIE – Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 Updates The updated version of the Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance has now ...
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8 Factors to Consider When Discussing Youth Suicide and Self-Harm
Content warning: This content discusses suicide and has some mentions of suicidal thoughts and self-harm. Conversations around suicide and self-harm can be extremely difficult, not only ...
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5 Reasons to Switch Your Safeguarding Software Provider
Monitoring pupil safeguarding is an ongoing and important priority for schools, colleges and other education settings. It’s vital that these settings have the most up-to-date, ...
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Mental Health Awareness: Spotting Signs of Loneliness in Schools
Schools have an important duty of care towards pupils, which includes taking measures to safeguard and support their mental and physical wellbeing. While children’s mental ...
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Supporting Teacher and Staff Wellbeing
While teaching can be incredibly rewarding, it’s not without its challenges. Funding cuts, looming inspections, ambitious targets and pandemic-imposed issues–which are still lingering–are placing school ...
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5 Tips for Monitoring Stress Amongst Pupils During Exams
Exam season is on the horizon and can be a particularly stressful time for students. In the run-up to, and during exams, it’s important to ...
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Breaking Down the House of Lords’ Inquiry into The Children and Families Act, 2014
In this blog we outline how safeguarding software can be used to address the recommendations outlined by the House of Lords’ inquiry into the Children ...
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Recording Signs of Bullying: Top Tips for Schools and Other Settings
Bullying affects millions of lives each year and is a challenge that schools have to tackle on an ongoing basis. Bullying can have lasting effects ...
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Teacher Workload Statistics Show a Clear Need for Safeguarding Efficiencies
It’s common knowledge that teachers and wider education staff in the UK are overworked – this was only exacerbated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. According ...
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How to Prepare for a Child Protection Conference
Although attending a child protection conference can feel intimidating, especially if it is your first time, there are many ways in which you can prepare ...
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Safeguarding Software Enhances Local Authority Collaboration
When monitoring the safeguarding of children and young people, it’s crucial that agencies work together to ensure that the vulnerable don’t fall through the gaps. ...
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