Leading child protection

There is an urgent need to raise awareness of child sexual exploitation amongst parents, schools and other agencies working with children of the risks of sexual exploitation.

While the majority of recorded allegations against school staff do not involve sexual offences, when a sex offender does gain access to children there are multiple victims over many years. Safe recruitment procedures are merely the starting point for the safeguarding process

In order to protect children and young people against the dangers of grooming and child sexual exploitation, we need to teach them how to protect themselves and each other. Debs Ward explains how and why to teach pupils to recognise CSE