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Ofsted review of sexual abuse in schools: summary
Be clear on the key findings from Ofsted's sexual abuse review, and what it recommends your school should do, so you can get up to speed with what’s happening in the sector right now.
Contents
- What was the review?
- The key findings ...
- Pupils often see no point in reporting harmful behaviour
- RSHE doesn't meet the needs of young people
- Some teachers and leaders underestimate the scale of the problem
- School leaders are having to make difficult decisions they’re not equipped for
- Schools shouldn’t have to tackle this on their own
- Local safeguarding partners (LSPs) have varying levels of oversight
- Ofsted will update its training, inspection handbooks and practices
- The key recommendations for schools
This article summarises key points from Ofsted’s review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges.
We're currently putting together a suite of content to help you and your board rise to the challenges presented by this review. Over the coming weeks, we'll help you to:
- Develop and support a whole-school culture that challenges sexism and sexist attitudes
- Review your policies and curriculum for unconscious biases
And even more. In the meantime, you can learn more about preventing sexual abuse in your school here:
- Governors' role in preventing peer-on-peer abuse
- Sexual violence and sexual harassment between children: summary
- How to review your child protection policy
- Online safety: governors' role
What was the review?
Ofsted visited 32 schools and colleges as part of its review, some of which had
- Childcare disqualification requirements
- Coronavirus: how to monitor safeguarding
- Governors' role in monitoring the single central record
- Governors' role in preventing peer-on-peer abuse
- Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE): September 2021 changes
- Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE): summary
- Monitoring safeguarding provision: checklist
- Ofsted’s knife crime research: summary
- Online safety: governors' role
- Questions to ask about safeguarding
- QuickRead: Safeguarding responsibilities
- Sexual violence and sexual harassment between children: summary
- QuickRead: The Prevent duty
- The Prevent duty: governors' role
- The Prevent duty: schools' responsibilities
- Understanding the safeguarding report Updated
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