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PDNS for schools

The National Cyber Security Centre

The NCSC’s ‘Protective Domain Name Service for Schools’ has been scaled up to protect various organisations. The PDNS for schools is a service provided by the NCSC designed to protect schools from a plethora of cyber...

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Data protection in schools

Department for Education update: March. 2025

The Department for Education recently updated its guidance on record keeping and management. The Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR mandate that data retention should only be for as long as needed. You...

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Thousands of children injured near schools every year.

Thousands of children injured near UK schools

Here are some alarming statistics to contemplate before we get into the blog:

🚨- 9 children are harmed on UK roads every day.

🚨- 3,402 children aged seven and under were killed or injured in 2022.

🚨- 1,190...

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Reasonable force requirement update from the Department for Education

Department for Education update: Sept. 2025

Under new government guidance, schools must record every "significant" use of reasonable force against pupils and report them to parents "as soon as practicable."

We're not there yet (the DfE is still...

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First Aid Risk Assessment 2025: Why, When and How.

School leaders are responsible for meeting the minimum statutory requirement for first aid. Included in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 , Headteachers and MAT CEOs are tasked with ensuring ‘reasonable precautions’ are taken to identify health and...

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Flexi-schooling and the impact on health and safety management.

What is 'Flexi-schooling'?

The inspectorate’s annual report warns of a "rise in unorthodox patterns in education."

'Flexi-schooling' is certainly a new phenomenon that is open to interpretation. So, what are the impacts?

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Health and safety safeguarding for homeschooling.

Child protection and wellbeing

Bridget Phillipson has described it as a "seminal moment," as proposed new laws for child protection are set to pass through parliament. 

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Ofsted fears the rise of flexi-schooling. Should we, too?

Alarm bells are ringing

Last week, we reported that Sir Martyn Oliver of Ofsted was increasingly worried about the rise of flexi-schooling.

Flexi-schooling permits students to attend school part-time while completing lessons, school work, and other...

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Insight to Action: Supporting Schools with Safeguarding and Well-Being

Daniel Neeld: December 19 2024

How Proposed Safeguarding Laws and Data-Driven Tools Can Empower Schools

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4 ways schools can safeguard children

It goes without saying that ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children within a school environment is absolutely paramount. After all, schools don’t only serve as centres of learning and education, they should also represent nurturing environments...