September 2025 SSS e-bulletin

Tackling Youth Violence: RSHE 2025

Explore youth violence in schools, key safeguarding risks, and strategies to prevent harm through relationships, early intervention, and education.

6th August 2025

Understanding School Refusal

Explore school refusal and emotionally based school avoidance, recognising causes, warning signs, and safeguarding risks facing pupils.

4th August 2025

Supporting Children with Dyslexia

In this podcast, we explore how to support children with dyslexia in school settings.

24th August 2025

Unregulated Settings

Explore the hidden risks of unregulated settings and why they matter for safeguarding. This episode highlights how children can spend time in spaces without oversight, trained staff, or clear protections—and what schools can do to stay alert, ask the right questions, and keep children safe beyond the school gate.

17th August 2025

Supporting Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Explore how schools can better understand and support children with ODD through a safeguarding lens. This episode reframes challenging behaviour as a sign of emotional need, sharing practical strategies, the importance of strong relationships, and how whole-school approaches can help pupils feel safe, understood, and able to succeed.

10th August 2025

Influencer Culture and Children’s Self-Esteem

Explore how influencer culture is shaping children’s self-esteem in the digital age. This episode unpacks the pressure of online comparison, the impact on wellbeing, and what schools and adults can do to build resilience, critical thinking, and healthier identities beyond social media.

3rd August 2025