Reading both the Child Safeguarding Practice Review  into the death of Sara Sharif and a week earlier the Child Practice Review: Our Bravery Brought Justice   into the abuse carried out by the Welsh headteacher, Neil Foden, there is a strong sense of déjà vu and anger. How many times have we seen and heard this and yet it happens again? Why are we not making changes and learning? In both cases, there are horrendous and numbing lists of systematic failures and missed opportunities to stop the...

This is an incredibly difficult time for the Jewish community. We are still reeling from the attack on Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur (2 nd  October) which was both dreadful in itself and brought up memories and fears from previous attacks in other places. We are also trying to process the emotions and implications of the hostage release on October 13 th and the ongoing impacts of Israeli actions in Gaza. There is no homogenous Jewish community in the UK. The community...

We now have the finalised version of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 with minimal changes from either the July draft or the 2024...