Test whether your staff can spot potential signs of drug and alcohol misuse and how they respond.
Use this briefing to train staff on female genital mutilation. Make sure they know what it is, how to spot the signs that it may take place or has taken place, and the reporting requirements.
Test your staff's ability to recognise the safeguarding risks of children who are absent from education and how to respond.
20% of children aged 11 to 17 have tried vaping. Use this factsheet to make sure your staff are aware of this safeguarding issue, and what to do if they find a pupil vaping in your school.
Give your staff and parents/carers these factsheets to help them understand what sexting is, the risks of sexting, and how to respond to an incident.
Share this factsheet with staff to help them understand the role of extremist symbols and memes in the online radicalisation of children. It includes common examples to be alert to and explains what staff should do if they see something concerning.
Do your staff know what apps and games are popular with children at the moment? Use this factsheet and activity to make sure they're up to speed.
Use this factsheet to make staff aware of private fostering as a potential safeguarding issue, and what they must look out for.
Share this factsheet with your staff to help them understand why physical punishment is a safeguarding concern, the signs to look out for and what to do if they suspect a pupil is experiencing it at home.
Use our factsheet to make sure your staff know what forced marriage is, what signs to look out for, and what to do if they have concerns.
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.
Share our factsheet with staff so they know what FGM is and what signs to look out for in a child that it may take place, or that it has taken place. Make sure they also understand their reporting duties and what they should do if they have concerns.
FII is a rare form of abuse involving a parent or carer inventing, exaggerating or deliberately causing symptoms of illness in a child. Make sure your staff understand what it is and are equipped to spot it.
Substance misuse can be an indicator of abuse, or put children at greater risk of abuse. Make sure your staff know what to look out for and what to do.
Make sure your staff know what cyber-enabled and cyber-dependent crime could involve, why it's a safeguarding issue, and what signs to look out for to suggest that a child may be at risk of being involved in cybercrime.
Use our factsheet to make sure your staff are aware of the risk of children going missing, the warning signs to look out for and what action to take.
Understand the changes to Working Together to Safeguard Children that are most relevant to your school, and adapt our factsheet to help you communicate these to staff.
Children may be required to give evidence in criminal courts or be affected by a family court proceeding, which can be very stressful and impact their mental health. Use this factsheet to increase your staff's awareness and let them know what signs to look out for that could suggest that a child is being affected.
Make sure your staff know why it's important to act, and act early.
Use this factsheet to help staff understand what child sexual exploitation (CSE) is, the signs to look out for, and what they should do if they have concerns that a child is being exploited.
Make sure your staff know what child modern slavery is, what signs to look out for, and what to do if they have concerns.
Use our factsheet to make sure your staff are aware of what CALFB is, who might be more vulnerable, and potential signs to be alert to.
Share this factsheet with parents/carers to help them understand what a VPN is, the risks associated with using one, and what to do if they think their child might be using a VPN to bypass age restrictions on adult content.