My school lost a pupil this year. Looking back I realised that I haven’t posted a blog since then. It feels almost like I am being a fraud posting about safeguarding, when we…….. are struggling. But relaxing this holiday has made me realise that although hard, sharing my experience of what schools might need to […]
Read MoreDSL are used to transferring information when a child moves school but what happens when they go to university? Is it the same? Looking through the KCSiE 2016, the Data Protection Act 1998 and Information sharing Advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers March 2015 its not as clear cut. […]
Read MoreAfter implementing the KCSiE in all our policies and training, it’s now time to digest the specific topics. One of them is peer on peer abuse, a topic that can be entwined in several areas. The obvious is bullying but it can be involved in sexting, e safety, peer pressure for substance misuse and consent. Many DSL […]
Read MoreRecently I hosted #SLTchat and focused on Safeguarding. It was all a bit of a blur and so many people tweeted or contributed ideas which I didn’t want to forget. So I have collated some of your great comments. The first Question was How can DSLs make safeguarding training relevant / interesting, now that regular […]
Read MoreWe have an American exchange going on at our school at the moment and I am always interested in speaking to the teachers about how education is organised over the pond. However I couldn’t ignore the election so I asked them what they thought about everything and how it was going to pan out. Suddenly […]
Read MoreHere is one example ( albeit a poor example I have picked on purpose) of why I feel a central recording system is vital. Day One – middle of the night, police contact sch to ask for details about a pupil they have concerns about. They give school reference number but no details. In afternoon DSL […]
Read MoreI am sure you have. That night when you lie in bed thinking about the conversation you had with that pupil. The one were their behaviour has changed, they are removing themselves from their old friendship groups. They are being short and grumpy with staff. You ask if everything is ok? they look at you […]
Read MoreI once saw a quote on Twitter saying that “teachers should be pupils friends” I couldn’t disagree more. There is a huge difference between being a friend and being friendly. We wouldn’t phone pupils up and tell them how bad a day we had. Boundaries can get blurred and if you have a moment of […]
Read MoreAs a DSL you should have received your guidance from your LA on what to do if a child is missing from education. It took me a little while to get my head around it as there are some statutory requirements and then there are other points which are best practice. There are also confusing […]
Read MoreThank you to everyone who helped suggest some questions for my safe survey. Today I introduced it to the school. Here is my assembly and the questions, hope other schools will find it useful. I am using Monkey Survey to collect the results. Good morning please sit down. I would like you to think about […]
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