Safeguarding

This week’s essential education news includes Ofsted scrapping its curriculum unit project and news that managed moves have ‘more than doubled’

Heatwaves pose significant challenges to schools, but this deputy head explains how you can best mitigate against the effects of extreme heat if it occurs this year

This week’s education news round-up includes Sir Martyn Oliver’s pledge to ‘change the way’ Ofsted inspects and a challenge to the watchdog from former inspectors

Settings should also appoint a ‘security lead’, according to government guidance on how to respond to terrorism

National Crime Agency issues guidance to teachers about spotting the signs of this ‘callous’ abuse

A quietly announced call for evidence around school safeguarding guidance gives a sense of what future changes may occur, says Luke Ramsden

General Teaching Council for Scotland says the spike is due to an increase in the number of teachers being referred and difficulties progressing cases, including during the pandemic

School leaders trying to uphold good behaviour are facing impossible decisions because the decline in social services has removed the safety net for vulnerable students who are suspended or excluded, finds Dan Worth

The head of safeguarding at Endeavour Learning Trust explains how she created a network for schools to collaborate on training, resources and information sharing

The lack of proper data on children not in school obstructs efforts to support the vulnerable, says an MP who has introduced a bill to create a not-in-school register

Advice for schools from the UK Council for Internet Safety focuses on artificial intelligence as well as updates on device seizures and external speakers

Watchdog could withhold ‘inadequate’ inspection judgement on schools that are only failing on safeguarding