16-22 MAY 2022

Safeguarding Awareness Week 2022

Everyone has a right to feel safe.

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us to examine what it means to feel safe and how schools and colleges can put preventative measures in place to guard against sexual harassment and abuse. What an amazing response we had.

You can see how we raised awareness during the week and how schools are talking about what it means to feel safe in the press video below.

You can also watch recordings of our free webinars with leading experts, view the results of our safeguarding week survey, download our classroom activity sheet to explore what it means to feel safe, access resources from our safeguarding experts, and more.

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Everyone has a right to feel safe, what makes you feel safe?

From being with friends and family, to being in nature, watching a good movie, exercising, and knowing what's going on, what makes you feel safe?

Safeguarding Awareness Week hits the headlines

Watch how Safeguarding Awareness Week got everyone talking about how we can keep children safe with this clip from ITV news.

Key findings from our Safeguarding Awareness Week survey

We asked school staff to share their thoughts on the state of safeguarding in their school today, here's what they said:

  • 23% of school staff do not think pupils feel safe at their school

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  • 78% of school staff feel there are more safeguarding concerns raised now than before the pandemic

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  • 23% of school staff do not think pupils feel confident in reporting concerns to a member of staff

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  • 25% of school staff do not feel confident in handling reports of sexual harassment, abuse or violence

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  • 43% of school staff do not feel that there is sufficient guidance for schools on how to deal with allegations of sexual harassment and violence

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Online sexual harassment: how to stay safe online

Free webinar recording

Download the recording of our recent webinar where we discussed the latest statistics on online abuse, the changes to Ofsted inspections around sexual harassment, and shared tips and resources to help everyone stay safe online.

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Practical do's and dont's of handling sexual abuse disclosures

Free webinar recording

Download the recording of our second live webinar where we explored the importance and application of the new universal guidelines for handling disclosures from children and young people, with the guidelines' co-author Dr Matthew McVarish.

Download recording

Classroom activity sheet

Encourage your students to think about what makes them feel safe with this downloadable activity sheet which provides space for them to write and draw their ideas.

Download activity sheet
Tes Safeguarding Awareness Week Activity Sheet

Safeguarding resources from the experts

Explore safeguarding topics with your students with this wide range of resources shared by the experts who co-create our safeguarding courses.

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    Childnet

    Childnet are an online safety charity with a mission to make the internet a great and safe place for all children and young people. Explore their free resources to help 3-18 year olds tackle online issues.

    Read more about ' Childnet '
  • Brook logo

    Brook

    Brook has been putting young people’s health and wellbeing first for 50 years. Their free resources will help you to provide exceptional relationships and sex education (RSE) to young people.

    Read more about ' Brook '
  • YoungMinds logo

    YoungMinds

    YoungMinds are a mental health charity for children, young people and their parents. Their free resources will help you take a whole school approach to wellbeing.

    Read more about ' YoungMinds '

Advice and information from Tes Magazine

Find best-practice guidance to support your staff, written by our expert columnists and contributors