Safeguarding Conversations

Explore how RSHE is becoming a powerful tool in tackling youth violence. This episode unpacks new guidance from the Youth Endowment Fund and upcoming RSHE reforms, highlighting practical steps schools can take to build safer cultures, support staff confidence, and protect young people through education and early intervention.

In this podcast, we explore how to support children with dyslexia in school settings.

Explore the hidden risks of unregulated settings and why they matter for safeguarding. This episode highlights how children can spend time in spaces without oversight, trained staff, or clear protections—and what schools can do to stay alert, ask the right questions, and keep children safe beyond the school gate.

Explore how schools can better understand and support children with ODD through a safeguarding lens. This episode reframes challenging behaviour as a sign of emotional need, sharing practical strategies, the importance of strong relationships, and how whole-school approaches can help pupils feel safe, understood, and able to succeed.

Explore how influencer culture is shaping children's self-esteem in the digital age. This episode unpacks the pressure of online comparison, the impact on wellbeing, and what schools and adults can do to build resilience, critical thinking, and healthier identities beyond social media.

Explore the reality of school refusal as a safeguarding crisis—not defiance. This episode unpacks the anxiety and distress behind non-attendance, the impact on families, and the urgent need for compassionate, systemic support. With practical steps and big questions for schools and policymakers, it calls for action to ensure every child feels safe and able to learn.

Explore the key changes in the 2025 RSHE guidance and what they mean for schools. This episode unpacks new expectations around teaching sensitive topics, online safety, mental health, and parental transparency—helping schools prepare for the 2026 rollout with confidence and clarity.

Explore what it really means to embed a culture of safeguarding in schools. This episode breaks down Ofsted's expectations, from proactive leadership and staff confidence to pupil voice and contextual risk awareness—showing how safeguarding should shape everyday practice, not just policy.

Explore the growing impact of online culture on behaviour in schools. This episode unpacks new data linking social media to rising disruption, misogyny, and violence, and examines how digital influences shape attitudes—plus what schools, families, and policymakers can do to respond.

Explore the hidden reality of child homelessness beyond rough sleeping. This episode highlights the rise of "hidden homelessness," its impact on children's wellbeing and education, and the subtle signs schools need to spot—alongside practical steps to support vulnerable families and safeguard those most at risk.