Claire Watts

It’s vital to remain informed about key legislation and statutory safeguarding guidance as it evolves. Find a summary for schools here.

Keeping Children Safe in Education is statutory safeguarding guidance that must be followed by schools and colleges. Find a summary of the changes here.

If you work in a school setting, you should understand how educational bias affects children. Find the steps you can take to avoid bias in the classroom here.

Using pupil voice means inviting and listening to the views of the learners you work with. Explore why it has such an important part to play in schools here.

Anyone involved in safeguarding children and young people should be aware of the detrimental effects of adultification bias. Play your part in addressing it here.

It is important for children to understand the need for media literacy and to build their own skills. Find examples of how media literacy skills can be taught here.

Reading can have many benefits in promoting and protecting our mental health. Explore the ways that reading can be used to improve your wellbeing here.

Promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion should be an aim of all workplaces. Explore the benefits and find out how to create a better work environment for all.

Visual literacy, and the skills associated, can aid learning in all areas of the curriculum. Find suggestions as to how it can be fostered in the classroom here.

A safeguarding culture is wide-ranging and embeds safeguarding at the heart of a setting. Find out how to create an effective safeguarding culture here.