March 8, 2016 In March 2016 there was a spate of news stories about child sexual abuse and exploitation show an ongoing ambivalence about...

October 4, 2016 In 2016 , the government launched a consultation to seek views on the possible introduction of mandatory reporting of...

April 13, 2017 The case of Jon Platt, the father, who lost his case about term time holidays in April 2017 raises a number of interesting...

May 7, 2017 In 2019 (later moved to 2020) schools will be required to teach Relationship Education in Primary Schools and Relationships...

February 17, 2019 In safeguarding, we are facing major confusion about children who are both victims and either perpetrators of abuse or...

June 30, 2019 The DfE has produced a draft of KCSIE 2019 which will come into force on 2nd September. There are comparatively few changes...

This non-statutory guidance was published with little fanfare. This is possibly because it says little that is new.