Safeguarding
The latest news, analysis and professional advice on keeping children safe, including new legislation, KCSIE updates, case studies from DSLs and more
Tuesday
24th Jun 2025
How ‘digital nutrition’ can help keep students safe online
Rather than debating mobile phone bans, schools should be encouraging young people to develop healthy habits in their digital consumption, writes Margaret Mulholland

School phone bans: Why we’ve launched a rating system
A new bronze, silver and gold rating system showing a school’s approach to smartphone use aims to increase confidence to push for full bans, says scheme co-founder Max Haimendorf

Wednesday
18th Jun 2025
What’s ‘love’ got to do with teaching?
Do you have to like your students, or even ‘love’ them, to be a good teacher? Bernard Andrews goes on the hunt for a definition of pedagogical love

Nearly 1 in 5 teachers say students use cannabis at school
Students’ use of drugs and alcohol is contributing to violent and disruptive behaviour in schools, teaching union warns

Monday
2nd Jun 2025
GTCS calls for ‘coordinated approach’ to child protection
Scotland’s teaching watchdog is also calling for ‘urgent and coordinated action’ to enhance the attractiveness of teaching as a career

My week as... director of corporate services at Astrea Academy Trust
Tomas Thurogood-Hyde talks to Tes about a typical week in his role – from joining safeguarding reviews to handling radio spectrum license issues
