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Analysis of SCRs highlights need for learning and improvement
This analysis of serious case reviews from 2011 to 2014 by the Department for Education has recommended moving away from analysing whether serious ha...
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Prevent strategy ‘not fit for purpose’ according to think-tank
Report by think-tank Rights Watch (UK) on the impact of the Prevent duty – a policy which seeks to identify those at risk of becoming terrorists –...
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Ofsted head warns of danger of radicalisation
Sir Michael Wilshaw, Ofsted Chief Inspector, has warned that thousands of children in unregistered schools are at risk of being radicalised. Sir Micha...
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Wood review to lead to overhaul of LSCBs and Serious Case Reviews
Government is set to fundamentally change the way child deaths are investigated and replace serious case reviews with a new centralised framework. Thi...
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Children in care missing out on advocacy services
Children’s Commissioner for England has revealed in a recent report that 55% of children in care are unaware of their entitlement to an advocate. Th...
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Safeguarding central in review of duty of care in sport
Government's review into the duty of care that sport has towards participants will include prioritising the safeguarding of children and adults. Among...
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Internet used in 3,000 sex offences against children
NSPCC figures reveal that the internet was used a gateway by offenders to commit more than 3,000 sex offences against children last year. The offences...
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75% rise in child cruelty in last 10 years
NSPCC has revealed that child cruelty offences in England are now at their highest for a decade. Child cruelty and neglect cases recorded by police ha...
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