Category Archives: Safeguarding Spotlight

AI, Child Images and Safeguarding: What Early Years Providers Need to Consider

The way early years settings share children’s experiences is changing. For years, photographs of smiling [...]

Safe Sleep and Baby Care in Hot Weather

When summer temperatures climb, keeping babies cool during sleep becomes a real priority for early [...]

Supporting Our Staff and Learners in Uncertain Times: Understanding the Raised UK Terrorism Threat Level

Following the recent terrorist attack in Golders Green, London, many of us may be feeling [...]

Safer Sleep Requirements to Be Strengthened in the EYFS: What Early Years Providers Need to Know

Big news for early years: the Government is writing clear safer sleep requirements into the [...]

New Guidance: Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026 

The Department for Education has, today, 19 March, published the updated Working Together to Safeguard [...]

Stronger Protections for Children with Allergies

Parents and practitioners want the same thing when it comes to allergies. We want children [...]

Safeguarding in the Early Years: Strengthening Recruitment, Vetting and Continuous Suitability

Parents trust you with their greatest treasure. That trust is earned, not assumed. Too often, [...]

Parents Urged To Protect Children Through Vaccination

You want your child to grow, learn and play without constant worry about serious illness. [...]

Children, Domestic Abuse and Early Years: What Practitioners Need to Know

Domestic abuse affects children profoundly, not just as witnesses, but as children experiencing harm in [...]

Child Protection in Focus: What the New National Authority Means for Early Years Practitioners

Date: 12th December 2025 A significant development has been announced that will shape the future [...]