The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport has announced that the Online Safety Bill has been introduced in Parliament, the first step in its passage to become law in the UK. The Bill will include the new offence of cyberflashing in England and Wales, and introduce a legal requirement for UK companies to report…
Mental health services received a record 4.3 million referrals during 2021 as the pandemic continued to take a toll on people’s mental health, according to research by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Analysis of new NHS Digital data shows there were 3.3 million referrals to adult services and 1.025 million referrals of under-18s in England…
The NSPCC Learning has updated its briefing on safeguarding guidance for schools during the coronavirus pandemic. The updates reflect that all children and young people across the UK are now attending school for full time, face-to-face learning. coronavirus-briefing-safeguarding-guidance-and-information
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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