Cyber crime – Gone phishing
It may surprise some, but even childcare companies can be prey to online criminals. Annette...
Safeguarding & Child Protection
Vulnerable children at risk after councils forced to halve spending on early support, warn charities
A new report from a coalition of charities reveals investment in early intervention support by...
Child cruelty rise of 25 per cent in a year 'very worrying'
Child cruelty and neglect offences jumped by a quarter in a single year, reveals new data published...
Bright Horizons fined £800,000 over toddler death
Nursery group Bright Horizons has been fined £800,000 over the death of a ten-month-old boy who...
Sector outraged by new ‘insensitive’ Ofsted guidance on reporting employees’ ‘emotional issues’
The early years sector is up in arms about new Ofsted guidance that states providers must report any...
Safeguarding - Behind closed doors
With referrals to social care and concerns about children rising during the pandemic, what is the...
Business - New regime
What are the new rules and dispensations on inspection under the current restrictions? Melanie...
Vulnerable babies ‘invisible’ in the pandemic
Soaring increases in child neglect, domestic violence and perinatal mental illness have been...
Rebuilding Your Staff Team, Part 4 - Big picture
In the final part of this series, Jo Caswell covers how to support staff with safeguarding...
Visitors and Trips – Weighing the risks
Settings and families are becoming more confident about returning to pre-lockdown activities, and...
Rebuilding Your Staff Team, Part 2 – Change for good
Now is the time to encourage staff to see change as a positive process and to reflect on their...
New campaign urges people to report child abuse concerns in the home
Neighbours and workers, including delivery drivers and plumbers, are being targeted in a new...
Great Ormond Street reports dramatic rise in suspected domestic child abuse during lockdown
Ten babies presented with abusive head trauma at the specialist children’s hospital in the first...
DfE updates guidance on wider opening for early years and childcare providers
The Department for Education has updated guidance for early years and childcare providers, including...
New early years guidance for settings planning for wider opening
Childcare providers have been told by the Government to ‘use their professional judgement’ and...
Early years settings receiving contradictory Government guidance on PPE
Childcare providers are receiving contradictory guidance over the supply of personal protective...
Coronavirus: experts advise on practicalities, protection and pedagogy for wider opening of nurseries
As nursery owners in England gear up to reopen from 1 June, an online conference run by Famly, with...
Coronavirus: Group of major providers calls for delayed school start for young children
The Covid-19 response group, formed by more than 70 childcare groups and the sector membership...
Former Bright Horizons nursery worker found guilty of assaulting child
A member of staff who worked for Bright Horizons’ Fulham nursery has been convicted of assaulting a...
Scotland becomes first UK country to ban smacking
Scotland has become the first country in the UK to make smacking a criminal offence.
Vanessa George banned from Devon and Cornwall
Nursery paedophile Vanessa George, who was jailed for sexually assaulting the children in her care,...
Devon nursery under investigation by police
Jack and Jill Childcare has suspended a member of staff following an incident at the setting that is...
TV show exposes malpractice in Ireland
An undercover investigation by Irish TV channel RTÉ has exposed the mistreatment of children at a...
Ofsted: best practice guide–safeguarding - Open and honest
How can settings ensure that staff are fully trained up on safeguarding procedures? Hannah Crown...
Safeguarding - FGM: A criminal act
What is female genital mutilation and how can those who care for young children take action if they...
Vanessa George to be freed from prison
Nursery paedophile Vanessa George is to be released from prison after a parole board decided she no...
Nurseries urged to support boys affected by abuse
Early years settings are being asked to sign up to a global charter supporting boys who are the...
DfE to consult on plans for official home-school register
The Department for Education (DfE) wants to set up a home-educated register to help councils...
New resource to teach four-year-olds about online dangers
A new educational resource has been developed by the National Crime Agency (NCA) to help keep...
Bumps and bruises: what Ofsted needs
Dee Coleman, Principal Officer, Early Years, explains what Ofsted does and does not require for...
Former childminder sentenced for working illegally
An ex-childminder has received a suspended prison sentence for continuing to provide childcare after...
Feeling overwhelmed
Too many statutory requirements mean we are busy demonstrating compliance rather than getting on...
Guide to: Working Together Guidance
The Working Together to Safeguard Children guidance on multi-agency working was updated in June. So,...
Thousands of babies at risk of 'severe harm'
Nearly 16,000 babies under the age of one are growing up in ‘toxic’ households at risk of severe...
Twice as many children waiting to be adopted as there are adopters
Children awaiting adoption outnumber adopters by two to one, new figures show.
National strategy recommends nurseries help parents safeguard homes
Nurseries should help parents and carers make their homes safer to prevent injuries in under-fives,...
New series on safeguarding now out
A series of four articles covering all aspects of safeguarding is now out.
Safeguarding, part 4: role of the DSL - Taking the lead
What exactly is expected of a ‘designated safeguarding lead’, legally and practically, asks Rachel...
New schools safeguarding guidance reflects latest concerns
The Government has updated its safeguarding guidance for schools to include the introduction of GDPR...
Safeguarding, part 3: Workforce - Capable hands
Many of the problems in safeguarding cases – lack of professional curiosity, inadequate information...
Safeguarding, Part 2: The EYFS - Be curious
How does the EYFS best support children in need of protection, and what happens in practice? Rachel...
Wide variation in social care across England putting children at risk
MPs and peers are calling for urgent action after a parliamentary inquiry finds that vulnerable...
Child Protection - In harm’s way
Understanding why child abuse happens, and the role of settings in protection. By Eunice Lumsden
Safeguarding, Part 1: The Current Climate - Too late
Many children in need are pre-school age, but early help is being cut. Rachel Buckler, trainer and...
Millions of vulnerable children being let down by system
Over two million children in England are growing up in families where there are serious risks,...
Over 36,000 children left to face risk of abuse and neglect
Tens of thousands of children at risk of abuse and neglect are being put at risk as cuts to council...
New campaign aims to cut time social workers spend on paperwork
A new campaign to improve working conditions for social workers and raise children’s outcomes has...
Nursery group closed over safeguarding fears
Four nurseries in Devon are to be permanently closed, leaving more than 400 children without...
Learning & Development: Digital Technology - A tangled web
To prepare young children for life spent increasingly online, parents and early years practitioners...
Over half of young children in care not told why they are there
Four- to seven-year-old children who are unaware of why they are in care are more likely to have low...
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