June 2023
Police advice to keep your children safe online
Greater Manchester Police, in conjunction with the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT), has issued advice for parents, guardians and carers to keep their children safe when online. Learning how to…
Ofsted announces plans to reinspect schools with ‘ineffective’ safeguarding
Schools that have been graded “inadequate” by Ofsted due to concerns over safeguarding will be reinspected within three months of the initial visit, the inspectorate has announced as part of…
Stoke-on-Trent: Murder arrest as children, 11 and 7, die at home
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two children died at a home in Stoke-on-Trent. The boy, 11, and girl, seven, were found injured and died at…
Microsoft to pay $20m for child privacy violations
Microsoft will pay $20m (£16m) to US federal regulators after it was found to have illegally collected data on children who had started Xbox accounts. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)…
Safeguarding jobs round up – June 9, 2023
Welcome to this week’s jobs round-up, where you can view some of the job vacancies currently available in the world of safeguarding. Below are a selection of jobs which will…
‘I teach primary school pupils about the harms of drugs’
Drug harm reduction education needs to be given to primary school children, a charity has said. With You Redcar and Cleveland has provided drug and alcohol education to “more than…
Steep rise in North East child poverty levels
Child poverty across the North East of England has climbed more than 34% since 2014/15, new research suggests. Research from Loughborough University for the End Child Poverty Coalition found that…
Celtic Boys Club: Scottish Government rules OUT public inquiry after ninth conviction of perv connected to club
The Scottish Government has said it will not launch an inquiry into the Celtic Boys Club abuse scandal despite calls for an independent review. It has also ruled out looking…
Final four members of ‘depraved’ 21-person child sex abuse ring jailed
The last four people who were part of a 21-person child sex abuse ring have now been put behind bars. The ‘depraved’ case, which has been the largest sexual abuse…
Gambling and gaming: A joint home-school response
The convergence of gaming and gambling is creating a dangerous and slippery slope for young people. Charlotte Aynsley looks at the problem, the government response thus far, and how schools…
