Government announces regional recovery fund to support vulnerable children
A government funded programme aiming to level up outcomes for vulnerable children has been announced by children’s minister Vicky Ford.
The programme will support Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) abuse, care for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, adolescents and preventing them from being caught up gangs and aims to reduce the pressure on the system by reducing court [...]
Ofsted updates guidance for inspectors following safeguarding review
Ofsted has clarified how their inspectors will assess how schools are tackling sexual harassment, abuse and violence among children and young people during their inspections.
The move follows the inspectorate’s review of safeguarding in schools and colleges which concluded that sexual harassment had become normalised in schools.
Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, said: “This [...]
Ofsted Review: Sexual harassment has been normalised in schools
Around nine in 10 girls spoken to by Ofsted as part of its review into safeguarding in schools said that sexist name calling and being sent unwanted explicit content happened either ‘a lot’ or ‘sometimes’.
The review, which also found that boys share content of nude girls between them like a collection game, found that [...]
BASW warns of ‘lost generation’ of children needing safeguarding but missing support
The British Association of Social Workers has raised fears for a “lost generation” of children in need of safeguarding who may have been missed due to the restrictions introduced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
WillisPalmer has repeatedly sounded alarm bells about the plight of children incarcerated potentially with their abusive parents or [...]
Agencies urged to improve information sharing and risk assessments in child protection practice
Weak information sharing and risk assessment is hindering child protection practice, the annual report of The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel has found.
The Panel was notified of 482 serious incidents between 1 January and 31 December 2020, relating to 514 children. Of those 482 notifications, 206 were in relation to child deaths and 267 [...]
DfE under fire for being resistant to learning lessons from pandemic
The Department for Education has come under fire for failing to set standards for in-school or remote learning during 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and has been accused of being “surprisingly resistant” to lessons-learned exercise amid concerns over catchup offer.
The Public Accounts Committee states that when schools were closed to most pupils in early [...]
