KCSIE 2022: Changes and possible actions for schools
Some years Keeping Children Safe in Education brings big changes. This is not one of those years. Nevertheless the document is...
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Sara Alston
- Apr 6
- 6 min
The SEND Review: Too much what and very little how
My first thoughts as I read the description of the broken SEND system in the SEND Review: Right support, right place, right time was a...
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Sara Alston
- Dec 26, 2021
- 3 min
Is the call for volunteers in schools just a paper towel?
In many ways, I have severe reservations about Nadhim Zahawi and the DfE’s plan to ask a volunteer army of retired teachers to return to...
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Sara Alston
- Oct 15, 2021
- 5 min
Dyslexia: A personal story
Even though it underlies all my work and my approach to education, I have written little about my personal experience of dyslexia. I was...
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Sara Alston
- Jul 11, 2021
- 16 min
KCSIE 2021: What you need to know and possible actions for schools
Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2021 was released on 6th July. It is a weighty tone (168 pages). Not surprisingly, there are...
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Sara Alston
- Jun 13, 2021
- 6 min
Thoughts on the OFSTED Review on Sexual Abuse in schools
In December 2017, the DfE released their guidance on Sexual violence and sexual harassment between children (updated May 2018). This was...
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Sara Alston
- Jan 24, 2021
- 5 min
Online learning: Caught between a rock and a hard place
This lockdown is different for schools. It is very hard on teachers, parents and children. We are managing constant government policy and...
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Sara Alston
- Dec 29, 2020
- 3 min
Life with dyspraxia: A Guest blog from Sam Alston
When I try to explain dyspraxia, I often explain it as a wiring problem. My brain is connected slightly differently to many other people....
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Sara Alston
- Dec 29, 2020
- 8 min
Consultation for KCSIE 2021
After the aborted consultation on Keeping Children Safe in Education 2020, the government have released a consultation on Keeping...
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Sara Alston
- Dec 14, 2020
- 5 min
WTSC 2018: More than a few changes
On 9th December 2020, the government issued an updated version of Working Together to Safeguard Children. It is still branded as Working...
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Sara Alston
- Oct 24, 2020
- 6 min
When bubbles become boxes- Schools in the world of Covid
As we struggle to half term, I find myself reflecting on the impact of Covid and the lockdown on schools. We started this term with a...
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Sara Alston
- Jun 23, 2020
- 9 min
Keeping Children Safe in Education 2020: summary and possible actions for schools
Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2020: summary and possible actions for schools
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Sara Alston
- May 25, 2020
- 6 min
A Sense of Dissonance and the Return to School
The current policy about the return school is not promoting children's education or welfare.
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Sara Alston
- May 21, 2020
- 6 min
Coronavirus (Covid-19): Safeguarding in schools, colleges and other providers- updated May 20th.
A summary and possible actions from the Safeguarding Guidance for schools published on May 20th 2020
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Sara Alston
- Apr 28, 2020
- 12 min
Y problemau niferus o ddychwelyd i'r ysgol: My blog on the full re-opening of school in Welsh.
Yn ôl i'r ysgol Mae dychwelyd i ysgolion pan y byddan nhw’n gwbl agored ar ôl y cyfyngiadau (‘lockdown’) Covid-19 yn mynd i fod yn anodd....
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Sara Alston
- Apr 17, 2020
- 11 min
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, 2020
- 7 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
Coronavirus- Thoughts and Resources for schools
Thoughts and resources to support schools to cope with Coronavirus
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Sara Alston
- Mar 4, 2020
- 9 min
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, 2019
- 8 min
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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