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In late 2014 BBC News reported how police forces across the UK were struggling to cope with the increasing numbers of children being targeted and abused online. Since then a steady stream of news has shown how the targeting, grooming and abuse of children online is the fastest growing area of crime in this country. […]

Do you work with children from other local authority areas? Do you find it difficult to work out which local authority to contact when you have concerns about a child? If so, this will be of interest to you. The government has introduced a new tool which helps you find the right contact numbers in […]

The long-awaited Keeping Children Safe in Education 2018 has been released for reference only and should have been implemented by schools and colleges by 3 September 2018. It is a more comprehensive document than its predecessors and places new expectations and obligations on educational establishments. Here is our top ten list of what’s new in […]

A number of schools I work with have been concerned about GDPR and data protection practice in their schools. Hopefully  the new guidance published by the DfE will make life easier! The guidance covers compliance with GDPR as well as information regarding safeguarding, consent, retention, data protection officer and data breaches. Click here to find out […]

“A load of unholy cobblers” Why I disagree with Quentin Letts: Safeguarding training matters.   In a recent article for the Daily Mail, Quentin Letts vented his spleen on being ‘ordered’ to undergo safeguarding training when, much to his indignation, ‘there was no shortage of lawn-mowing to be done’.  In this blog, I will respond […]

If, like many of us, you have spent the past few weeks being bombarded by information about GDPR and trying to make sense of the avalanche of websites, factsheets and webinars out there, fear not for help is at hand! Adele Gladman of Safeguarding Children Training and Consultancy Ltd is running a GDPR briefing event […]

I had a quite an interesting experience a couple of weeks ago. The BBC asked me to give an expert opinion  and help with its research on an historical child sex abuse case which featured last week (29 January) on its Inside Out programme. Looking back at the last 15-20 years at issues of sharing […]

Adele Gladman and Berneslai Homes are using Safer Internet Day to officially launch the new resource that they have been collaborating on for the past year A Parents’ Guide to Online Safety give some good tips and advice for parents, as well as resources and activities for them to do with their children, to help […]

On 26 January I contributed to a discussion on Sky News about different ways to raise awareness of CSE in schools, and some of the challenges Click on the link below to view the broadcast If you would like to know more about my work in schools, please get in touch!