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What is 'Sextortion'? A Safeguarding Guide for School Staff
July 7, 2026
According to the NSPCC, ‘Sextortion’ refers to a form of blackmail that involves the threat to distribute intimate, sexual images of someone unless..
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Child Criminal Exploitation: Flipping the Script on Victims
June 24, 2026
'What do you think are the biggest misconceptions adults hold about what a victim of exploitation looks like?' As a reminder, Child Criminal..
Understanding Child Criminal Exploitation
June 17, 2026
"If you see a foreign child soldier on the news, you feel sorry for them. If you see a child with a knife in this country, you want to throw away..
New DfE Information Sharing Duty: What Schools Need to Know
June 10, 2026
The Department for Education (DfE) is seeking views on the update to the Information Sharing Guidance. The information below, summarises the..
Affluent Neglect
May 22, 2023
This post explores the lesser discussed notion of neglect in affluent families. We explore the experiences children are more likely to have in..
Screens in the Earliest Years
May 11, 2023
We know that the early years is a time of phenomenal growth. Children are like sponges, soaking up stimuli around them and developing knowledge and..
Disabled Children and Neglect
April 17, 2023
Research suggests that disabled children* are 3.8 times more likely to be neglected than non-disabled peers (Sullivan and Knutson, 2000). In this..
Adolescent Neglect
March 14, 2023
Here is our second blog related to neglect- the most prevalent form of child maltreatment. In this edition, we explore the concept of Adolescent..
Neglect and Poverty: Successfully identifying and recording concerns
January 6, 2023
Alex Dave, our new DigiSafe colleague, explores the link between neglect and poverty and asks DSLs to consider how they successfully identify and..
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