Many of you will have seen Netflix’s docudrama, The Social Dilemma. The film explores the alarming human impact of social media, with experts from Big Tech, including Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and more warning of the consequences of their ...

Should we be using WhatsApp for Internal Communication in Schools? Carrier pigeon, telegram, fax, post-it note, email...methods of communication have changed considerably over time and alongside advances in technology. The rise of the smartphone and ...

Every school is aware it has blind spots. A high number of them usually sit within the reliability and compliance of the IT provision. Senior leaders know that they don’t have complete knowledge of the status of critical processes and systems, while ...

As you may be aware, the updated Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance came into effect yesterday, September 5th 2016. You can read more about the updates in our blogs from June and July below: Part 1 - What do the changes to the guidance ...

From September 5th 2016 schools are expected to take a more rigorous approach to managing the risks associated with access to technology. In doing so, schools need to put in place management processes, procedures and systems to ensure they are ...

The consultation for changes to the statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ has concluded with the government having published the changes that commences on September 5th 2016. This article is Part 3 of a three part update. Part 1 - ...

The consultation for changes to the statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ has concluded with the government publishing changes that come into effect  on September 5th 2016. This article discusses what the guidance means for schools ...

The consultation for changes to the statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ has concluded with the government publishing  changes that will come into effect  on September 5th 2016. Over the coming weeks we will be publishing three ...

Over the past 12 months the government has published draft statutory guidance titled ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’. In a recent keynote we presented, less than 10% of school leaders had read or were aware of the guidance and its impact on ...