Safeguarding
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Who Is Shaping SEND Training in England’s Schools?
Protect and Teach Submits Freedom of Information Request 12 October 2026 | Protect and Teach | Education, SEND and Accountability Protect and Teach has submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the Department for…
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Children’s Social Care Under Scrutiny: Parliament Calls for Evidence
Protect and Teach CIC | Parliamentary Inquiry Deadline for written evidence: Monday 26 October 2026, 11:59 pm The House of Lords Public Services Committee is inviting written evidence for its inquiry into children’s social care…
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The Lords’ turn: will peers revisit puberty blockers and single-sex NHS provision?
Two proposed safeguards were rejected as the Health Bill left the Commons. As the Bill reaches the House of Lords, Protect & Teach examines what MPs rejected, why we believe serious safeguarding questions remain, and…
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Prevent’s new rulebook for schools: who gets referred and who gets told?
The Department for Education has replaced its practical Prevent guidance for designated safeguarding leads and, days later, amended it again. Protect & Teach examines what has actually changed, what has not, and where the new…
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When a school survey introduces contested ideas: what should parents and governors be asking?
The #BeeWell questionnaire raises questions about research, parental transparency and political impartiality Schools across Greater Manchester are preparing to administer the #BeeWell wellbeing survey to pupils in Years 7, 9 and 10 during the 2026/27…
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New Protect & Teach Policy Analysis: The safeguarding information-sharing duty
From 30 September 2026, a new statutory information-sharing duty comes into force in England under section 16LA of the Children Act 2004, inserted by the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026. The Department for Education’s…
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Beyond the RSHE lesson: what Lucy Powell’s new whole-school misogyny plan could mean for schools and parents
Protect & Teach · 27 September 2026 The Government has announced a new whole-school approach intended to help schools tackle misogyny, promote healthy relationships and respond to harmful online influences. Protect & Teach supports effective,…
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KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE IN EDUCATION 2026: What Schools, Governors and Parents Need to Know
Protect and Teach CIC has published Policy Analysis Paper No. 2, an independent analysis of the September 2026 Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) statutory guidance. The September 2026 guidance brings substantial changes to safeguarding…
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Ofsted Is Changing Children’s Social Care Inspections: What You Need to Know and How to Respond
Ofsted is consulting on significant changes to the way it inspects children’s social care in England. Protect and Teach has reviewed the proposals through a safeguarding lens: will the changes make it easier to identify…
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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…