Safeguarding
Supporting young carers in schools: Identifying and meeting their needs
Young carers play a vital role in their families, yet their responsibilities often go unrecognised. While the number of identified young carers in schools is rising, many remain undetected, leaving them without the support they need. This blog explores the latest statistics, the challenges young carers face, and how schools can provide essential assistance to ensure their well-being and success.
A school leader’s guide to the International Child Protection Certificate (ICPC)
Ensuring the safety of children is a top priority for any school leader, especially when considering staff members who have worked or will work internationally. The International Child Protection Certificate (ICPC) is a crucial tool for verifying the backgrounds of individuals intending to work with children or vulnerable adults overseas.
Safeguarding: Understanding sextortion and deepfakes
For Safer Internet Day 2025, one of the key topics of focus is 'sextortion,' particularly online financial sextortion. This growing issue has devastating impacts on young people, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation and financial harm. Alongside sextortion, the rise of synthetic sexual content, commonly known as deepfakes, has emerged as another pressing challenge in the fight to keep children safe online.
Safer Internet Day
Mark your calendars! This year, Safer Internet Day falls on Tuesday, 11th February 2025, and we at Tes are thrilled to join thousands of organisations across the UK and internationally in supporting this important event. Spearheaded by The UK Safer Internet Centre, Safer Internet Day serves as a powerful reminder of our collective responsibility to help children and young people stay safe online.
Managing allegations of child abuse: A protocol for international schools
International schools face significant safeguarding and child protection challenges. Serving communities from diverse cultural, legal, and societal backgrounds, these schools must navigate complex issues to ensure the safety and wellbeing of their students.
Safeguarding: The reality of Christmas for vulnerable children
For many, Christmas is a time of magic and joy, filled with sparkle, warmth, and family togetherness. But for some children, it is far from a happy holiday.
Breaking barriers to opportunity: Keeping children safe, helping families thrive
The Department of Education (DfE) has unveiled the government's vision for reforming children's social care, which was presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Education, The Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP.
Safer recruitment: Learning the lessons from serious case reviews
Using the examples of serious cases from recent history and exploring what measures can be put in place when recruiting to avoid these issues happening again.
Safer recruitment and the SCR
Learn more about safe recruitment and single central records. We explore what they are, why and how to use them.
Working together to safeguard children: A summary
Find out more about the Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018 policy, more commonly known as Working Together.
What is professional curiosity
The 2022 version of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance uses the term ‘professional curiosity’ when it comes to safeguarding. In this blog, we examine what professional curiosity is and why it is important for the safeguarding culture within your organisation.
Affluent neglect: A hidden form of abuse
Affluent neglect refers to the neglect experienced by children in wealthy families. Often this neglect can be more difficult to spot, as the type of neglect experienced by children and young people is often emotional. This blog will cover affluent neglect, the risks children are exposed to, and the reasons affluent neglect is often overlooked.
Allegations against staff, low level concerns and reporting them
Keeping Children Safe in Education recently released a new version of its statutory guidance. The policy recommends that ‘schools and colleges need to report and record all concerns and allegations against adults, including low-level concerns.’ In this blog, we discuss examples of low-level concerns, the importance of reporting these concerns, a serious case review, and how it is vital establishments have secure systems in place to record and manage these concerns.