Help your staff recognise the different forms child criminal exploitation can take, know who's more at risk, and what they should look out for and do if they have concerns.
Test whether your staff know how to react to an initial disclosure.
Use this scenario with your staff to test whether they can spot potential signs that a pupil is at risk of forced marriage, and if they know how to respond.
Share our factsheets with parents/carers and with staff, so that they know the risks around sextortion, the signs to look out for and what to do if a pupil is a victim of sextortion.
All schools should have filtering and monitoring systems in place to safeguard pupils online. Use our factsheet to explain to staff what these systems are, how they work in your school, and what staff can do to protect pupils from harmful content online.
Download and share our factsheet for parents and carers to help them keep their child safe while playing the popular video game Fortnite. It explains what Fortnite is, the potential concerns, and practical steps parents/carers can take to mitigate them.
Refresh staff on the importance of being alert to bullying and what to look out for. Make sure they know what to do, including how to respond to discriminatory and prejudice-based bullying.
Make sure your staff know why it's important to act, and act early.
Use this factsheet to remind staff what bullying is and why it matters, what signs to look out for, and what to do if they're concerned a child is being bullied.
Help your staff to understand how trauma can affect any child and their behaviour. Feel confident that staff members can spot potential signs of trauma and PTSD, and give them practical ways to support pupils so they feel safe in school.
Use this briefing to give your governing board an introduction to what their strategic leadership responsibility for safeguarding, as set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education, actually looks like.
Test whether your staff can recognise a potential image-sharing incident, and how they'd respond.
Use these scenarios to test whether your staff can spot the signs that a pupil is potentially at risk of FGM, or that it has potentially taken place. Make sure staff know how to respond to concerns of FGM.
Use this scenario with your staff to test whether they can spot potential private fostering arrangements, and their knowledge of your school's procedures for reporting concerns.
Test whether your staff can spot potential signs of faith-based abuse, and their knowledge of your school's procedures for reporting concerns.
Do your staff know how to spot the signs of child sexual exploitation (CSE)?