The many problems of returning to school
My thoughts about the issues schools will face when they re-open fully after the lockdown, including some ideas to help prepare for this.
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Sara Alston
Mar 28, 20207 min read
Safeguarding during Covid-19: summary and actions for schools.
This is a summary of the DfE guidance of March 27th 2020 with suggested actions schools need to take.
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Sara Alston
Mar 8, 20203 min read
Coronavirus- Thoughts and Resources for schools
Thoughts and resources to support schools to cope with Coronavirus
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Sara Alston
Mar 4, 20209 min read
Draft KCSIE 2020 and the role of the DSL
The update of Keeping Safe in Education for 2020 has been released for consultation. This is a substantial rewrite.
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Sara Alston
Dec 10, 20198 min read
MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS: THE DFE SEN DATA MAY 2019
June 4, 2019 At the end of May the DfE released two sets of data relating to Special Educational Needs (SEN): Special needs: An analysis...
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Sara Alston
Dec 10, 20191 min read
SEPTEMBER 2019 UPDATES
For the new school year, the government has produced a finalised version of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2019. There are not...
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Sara Alston
Dec 10, 20192 min read
TEACHING ONLINE SAFETY IN SCHOOL
Updated: 14 minutes ago GUIDANCE SUPPORTING SCHOOLS TO TEACH THEIR PUPILS HOW TO STAY SAFE ONLINE, WITHIN NEW AND EXISTING SCHOOL...
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Sara Alston
Dec 10, 20194 min read
KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE IN EDUCATION JUNE 2019: CHANGES AND ACTIONS
June 30, 2019 The DfE has produced a draft of KCSIE 2019 which will come into force on 2nd September. There are comparatively few...
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Sara Alston
Nov 25, 20196 min read
KEY POINTS FOR SCHOOLS FROM CHILDREN MISSING EDUCATION: ISSUED SEPTEMBER 2016
September 16, 2016 CHILDREN MISSING EDUCATION This is an update on guidance issued January 2015 and will be reviewed by September 2019....
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Sara Alston
Nov 25, 20191 min read
EFFECTIVE USE OF TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Effective use of Teaching Assistants and/or Learning Support Assistants is an ongoing issue for schools. Good well trained and deployed...
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Sara Alston
Nov 25, 20191 min read
CHANGES TO THE GUIDANCE ON CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
16th February 2017 has seen a minor amendment to Working Together to Safeguard Children to extend the definition of Sexual abuse to...
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Sara Alston
Nov 25, 201912 min read
INFORMATION ON DFE GUIDANCE ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT BETWEEN CHILDREN.
December 22, 2017 This new guidance is DfE advice and so highlights best practice, but is not statutory guidance. The Statutory guidance...
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Sara Alston
Nov 25, 201911 min read
WORKING TOGETHER TO SAFEGUARD JULY 2018: CHANGES AND POSSIBLE ACTIONS FOR SCHOOLS
July 9, 2018 The finalised version of Working Together to Safeguard Children was published on July 4th 2018. This is the statutory...
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Sara Alston
Nov 25, 20194 min read
CHANGES IN INFORMATION SHARING: ADVICE FOR PRACTITIONERS PROVIDING SAFEGUARDING SERVICES TO CHILDREN
July 9, 2018 This is a short, but very useful piece of non-statutory guidance that clarifies the importance of and procedures for...
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Sara Alston
Nov 25, 20196 min read
DISQUALIFICATION BY ASSOCIATION: DISQUALIFICATION UNDER THE CHILDCARE ACT 2006: JULY 2018
July 9, 2018 There has been an update to the statutory guidance to Disqualification Under the Childcare Act 2006 at the moment it is a...
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Sara Alston
Nov 20, 20198 min read
SAFEGUARDING IN THE 2019 OFSTED FRAMEWORK AND HANDBOOKS
The new OFSTED Documentation to come into force in September 2019 have just been issued, including the Inspecting safeguarding in early...
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Sara Alston
Nov 20, 20196 min read
WOULD YOU ASK A TEACHER TO MEND A BROKEN LEG? SCHOOLS AND MENTAL HEALTH
February 19, 2016 One of the government’s many 2016 targets for schools is mental health. This week the BBC’s ‘In the Mind’ week,...
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Sara Alston
Nov 20, 20197 min read
THE COST OF THE SATS
May 14, 2016 I realise that I have not written a blog since Easter of this year (2106). This has not been because I had nothing to say,...
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Sara Alston
Nov 20, 20196 min read
INCLUSION: CHALLENGING THE LANGUAGE OF OTHER
June 19, 2016 So many people have spoken of shock, anger and sadness at the pointless death of a mother of two, murdered in broad...
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Sara Alston
Nov 14, 20191 min read
ADVICE FOR TALKING TO CHILDREN IN THE AFTERMARTH OF TERRORIST ATTACKS
Unfortunately there has been another terrorist attack, so I have collected some links to advice for talking to children. Hope they are...
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