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News
29/01/2025: ‘We don’t just teach – we clothe the kids, feed them and brush their teeth’
As the bell rings at St Nicholas Church of England Primary Academy in Boston, Lincolnshire, head teacher Mrs Booth spots a little boy coming through the gates with his hood pulled up, crying.
27/01/2025: Press now allowed to report from family courts
Journalists can now report from family courts in England and Wales in what the UK’s most senior family judge has called a “watershed” change.
27/01/2025: ‘Do not boost SEND tribunal powers’, council representatives urge
A proposed extension of the powers and jurisdiction of SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) Tribunals have been criticised by local government representatives.
27/01/2025: Domestic abuse tsar calls on police to recognise victim rights of child witnesses
The police are currently failing to recognise the victim rights of children who witness violence and abuse in their home, according to the domestic abuse commissioner for England and Wales.
27/01/2025: ‘Flawed statistics’ undermine understanding of children in care outcomes, warns regional body
Available figures do not enable councils to determine whether they are purchasing the right kinds of placement, according to ‘co-operative’ set up to test region-wide commissioning of care
27/01/2025: Scottish child abuse gang members jailed for between eight and 20 years
Seven people, whom the judge said had plumbed ‘the depths of human depravity’, will be monitored for life
27/01/2025: Gen Z far less likely to be atheists than parents and grandparents, new study reveals
With many of younger generation found to identify as ‘spiritual’, research counters assumption spirituality is on decline and in fact implies God is ‘making a comeback’
27/01/2025: Effective Relational Working In Youth Justice
An evidence-informed model and guide for effective relational working in youth justice.
25/01/2025: Axel Rudakubana: from ‘unassuming’ schoolboy to Southport killer
How a chain of events apparently beginning at school five years ago led to the murder of three girls in horrific atrocity.
Newsletter
Events
31/01/2025: Tackling County Lines Digital Conference
Nearly a year on from the Jay Review, thousands of children and young people are still at risk of being exploited across the UK. There is a need to adopt recommendations focusing on a new approach to tackle criminal exploitation. With a . . .
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03/02/2025: YJLC Summit: Collaborating with Children – Applying Child First Principles in Practice
This year’s Summit is our first youth-led conference. An organizing committee of young people has looked at whether a system designed without children at heart can ever really work. They have delved into what Child First, Collaboration and . . .
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11/02/2025: Safer Internet Day
Safer Internet Day 2025 is set for Tuesday, February 11th. This year’s theme is: Too good to be true? Keeping yourself and others safe from scams online.
School incidents:
When to report to the police
When incidents happen in schools, it can sometimes be difficult to know whether to involve the police or deal with it using the school behaviour management system.The information on these pages provide a guide for school staff to determine the best course of action.
ELearning
Prevent duty training:
Prevent sits alongside long-established safeguarding duties on professionals to protect people from a range of other harms such as substance abuse, involvement in gangs and physical and sexual exploitation.
Free | Free
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Documents and Publications
Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel: annual report 2023 to 2024
This is the fifth annual report from the independent Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel. It looks at the child safeguarding system, based on serious child safeguarding incidents occurring between April 2023 and March 2024. It highlights key themes and patterns in practice for national government and local safeguarding partners to improve the protection of vulnerable children.
Gov.UK (12/12/2024)
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Links
Article 39
Article 39 is a small, independent charity which fights for the rights of children living in state and privately-run institutions (boarding and residential schools, children’s homes, immigration detention, mental health inpatient units, prisons and supported accommodation) in England.