Childline has launched a new campaign – Nobody is Normal – which aims to help children understand that lacking confidence, feeling not good enough or that you don’t fit in, is a shared experience. The Childline website offers a host of resources and guidance for Safeguarding and is a website that all children should be…
A long read but the summary is useful as an overview of current trends Review of Drugs
Summary of Department for Education (DfE) statutory guidance on what schools in England must and should deliver: dfe-guidance-relationships-education-sex-health-education-england
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has launched an inquiry into how schools in England and Wales are monitoring and recording their use of restraint and restrictive interventions, following concerns about its use and the lack of data available. Inquiry_ how schools are monitoring the use of restraint _ Equality and Human Rights Commission
https://www.herts.ac.uk/about-us/news/2020/mental-health-of-school-aged-children-has-worsened,-according-to-national-study
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A group of secondary school teachers has made a powerful video highlighting the impact of the bullying they suffered at school, to the pupils they now teach. Staff at Perins School in New Alresford, Hampshire, took part in the emotional film that has been posted on the school website and shown to students in assemblies.…
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has published research exploring children’s and young people’s perspectives on online sexual harm and the education they receive on this in school. learning-about-online-sexual-harm-summary-nov-2019
The study involved 40 schools applying the Boxall Profile, a psycho-social assessment tool, across whole classes. Findings from 25 schools include: 26% of pupils were experiencing moderate SEMH (Social, Emotional & Mental Health) needs; boys were more likely to have high SEMH needs than girls; and 10% of children had high SEMH needs. Full report…