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Status Without Substance? Early Years QTS, Safeguarding and Developmental Science
Protect & Teach CIC – briefing for parents, governors, designated safeguarding leads, early years practitioners and MPs (England Only) The DfE consultation Shaping the future of early years teaching closes at 23:59 on 24 September…
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Why the Evidence Does Not Support the Draft Conversion Practices Bill
Protect and Teach CIC has published a 769-page evidence and legal review of the Draft Conversion Practices Bill (England and Wales), together with an eight-page Policy Evidence Briefing designed to make the principal findings accessible…
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Who Watches Children Change? The NSPCC’s Removal of a Basic Safeguarding Precaution
The NSPCC has removed its previous recommendation that children should, wherever possible, be supervised while changing by adults of the same sex. This article principally examines the legal and safeguarding position in schools in England.…
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Protect and Teach Supports Open Letter Opposing the Draft Conversion Practices Bill
Protect and Teach CIC has added its support to an open letter coordinated by LGB Alliance calling on the Government to reject the Draft Conversion Practices Bill. The letter brings together parents, grandparents, carers and…
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When Activism Becomes Education: A Critical Review of Freirean Pedagogy and Youth Climate Activism
Why teaching children to think critically is not the same as teaching them to become activists Protect and Teach Paper Analysis Introduction A recent paper published in the British Educational Research Journal, “The purpose of…
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Clarifying the DfE’s RSHE and KCSIE updates: effective 1st September 2026
There has been considerable discussion about the new requirements for schools to address misogyny, online misogynistic content, incel culture, pornography, consent and healthy relationships, with particular attention to violence against women and girls (VAWG). Some…
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What’s New with DBS Checking; involving children, from September 2026
… and What Safeguarding Gaps Remain? From 1st September 2026, important changes to DBS checking and regulated activity involving children come into force in England. The changes are intended to strengthen safeguarding, particularly by closing…
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Climate Education Must Remain Education… Not Partisan Activism
A Protect and Teach analysis of climate education, political impartiality and parental rights in England Climate change should be taught. It should be taught seriously, scientifically and honestly. What schools must not do is turn…
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What can parents, guardians and carers do? Pupil toilet, changing and residential facilities: The four UK nations
The four nations do not have identical legal requirements. The age thresholds, school-premises regulations and equality frameworks differ between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Below summarises the statutory requirements for separate-sex toilet and changing…