A NUMBER of staff members in schools across South East England are concerned about safeguarding issues.

Tes, a global education business which supports schools, revealed that three-quarters of staff in the South East feel that there are more safeguarding concerns raised now than before the pandemic.

Almost a quarter of school staff surveyed said they do not think pupils feel safe at their school and 36% said they feel there is a lack of overall guidance for schools on how to deal with allegations of sexual harassment and violence.

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The inaugural Tes Safeguarding Awareness Week, which takes place from tomorrow (16) until Sunday, May 22, will examine what it means to feel safe and explore what schools can do to protect all their students.

The theme is: Everyone has a right to feel safe and everyone can help to achieve that”.

During the week, Tes will share with schools a range of tools and resources, as well as live webinars led by safeguarding experts, to examine what it means to feel safe and how schools can put preventative measures in place to guard against sexual harassment and abuse.

One of the live webinars will be on the topic of online sexual harassment, with experts Will Gardner, CEO of Childnet International, and David Wright, director of the UK Safer Internet Centre at SWGfL.

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For more, visit: safeguardingweek.com

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This story was written by Gee Harland, she joined the team in 2022 as a senior multimedia reporter.

Gee covers Wallingford and Didcot.

Get in touch with her by emailing: Gee.harland@newsquest.co.uk

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