Practical guidance for heads, boarding staff, parents and school governing boards. In Part 1 of this series, we discussed immediate, low-cost actions schools can take today to reduce the risk of attacks and kidnappings. While these steps are important for urgent protection, schools also need short and medium term strategies Read more…
Practical guidance for heads, boarding staff, parents and school governing boards. Over the past few weeks Nigeria has seen a fresh wave of mass abductions and attacks, including the very large raid on St Mary’s Catholic school in Niger State and several other kidnappings and church attacks across the north Read more…
The new school term is finally here, and it is important that Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) set the tone for safeguarding from day one. Assuming that staff training has already been conducted, environmental checks have been completed, and all safeguarding policies have been updated and prominently displayed, the focus shifts Read more…