MAT Deputy Director of Safeguarding. Arts lover and runner.

Joined April 2011
Still time to secure your place on our Positive Handling training! This course focuses on effective de-escalation strategies and safe physical techniques, helping teams manage challenging situations confidently while staying within the law and statutory guidance
🚨 Learn essential techniques for safely managing challenging pupil behaviours! This @ATTInstitute training session is essential learning for school staff. Learn more and get tickets: tinyurl.com/bdffrhf3 #schoolCPD #educationCPD #schooltraining #positivehandling #suffolk
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A fabulous opportunity for our communities in #StokeonTrent #Staffordshire #Notts #WestMidlands to support pupils with #SEND through our collab with @MoonHallReigate Please share and spread the word, with means tested assessments available.
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Students were inspired by Toms Talks earlier this week, raising the profile around mental health and male suicide. If you missed the story on BBC news, the article and link to catch up is below (around 4:40 onwards). bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0… bbc.com/news/articles/cxr2v9…
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Jacqui Ferris retweeted
Gathering thoughts and wishes from young carers before each school holiday enables us to ensure support is in place in the immediate holiday but also build up an understanding of difficulties that require more strategic intervention 👇 www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject…
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What a fantastic opportunity for professional development. If you are passionate about SEND provision take a look…
📢We are SO proud to be launching our SEND Core Offer🥳 @AcademyTrust colleagues - you have until 8th July to apply to become Trust Wide SEND Core Offer Trainer! This is a fantastic chance to both deliver & develop🤩 See below for full details about this exciting opportunity✈️👇
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A thread about domestic abuse, violence and football tournaments. The Euros are great but to those of us working with children, please also have an awareness of this.
🧵 "I used to walk the streets for hours, two and three in the morning, with small children... "Because the football was on and because England had lost. I knew exactly what was going to happen as soon as I walked through the door." #Euros2024 ⬇️ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgll…
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⁦Lisa Metcalfe from ⁦@CaldmoreAcademy⁩ receiving some well deserved applause at the ⁦@OptimusEd⁩ Leading Safeguarding Conference. Superb insights into developing a collaborative safeguarding review process.
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Excited to be presenting here today on the theme of ‘Improving Team Structure and Supervision’ . The amazing Lisa Metcalfe from @CaldmoreAcademy is also on the bill! #transforminglives @AcademyTrust @ATTInstitute
🎉 See you all tomorrow at our Leading Safeguarding conference! Get ready for a day filled with insightful discussions, expert speakers, and valuable networking opportunities. Safe travels, and see you soon! #oeSafeguarding
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Do you know how online predators use privacy apps to contact children and spread child sexual abuse material? 🎧 Listen to episode 9 of our podcast series with Tegan Insoll, Head of Research at @SuojellaanLapsi, & Dan Sexton, IWF Chief Technology Officer: iwf.org.uk/inconversationwit….
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“There’s a stigma with kids in foster care”. When the care system works…
Brad performs his own composition in honour of his foster parents, Ev and Frank. #ThePiano
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Jacqui Ferris retweeted
"I just want to show that us care kids we can still do stuff, we just need to be around the right people. Thank you so much for appreciating my music." – Brad. #ThePiano
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In words directly from Professor Jay, safeguarding across the @churchofengland sits below the expected standard. @synod Please use your powers to improve safeguarding, you have all the evidence you need. youtube.com/watch?v=QGiCbtkg…
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Jacqui Ferris retweeted
My latest newsletter full of recent resources has landed. You can read or subscribe here: pookyknightsmith.substack.co… Please share far and wide
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Compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse plan dropped ahead of election | CYP Now cypnow.co.uk/news/article/co…
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Highly recommended for anyone involved in #safeguarding children, pastoral work or PSHE. A training opportunity not to be missed.
🌟 Thrilled to have collaborated with @AcademyTrust to deliver a @YgamUK @CityandGuilds assured session to their safeguarding staff. Together, we're #SafeguardingOurDigitalGeneration and increasing awareness of gaming and gambling harms. Thank you for the invite, @teachferris! 1/
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Revisiting a post modern art icon from my formative years #womensart
Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Your body is a battleground),1989 #WomensArt
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🚨 Report Remove is a first of its kind service helping young people remove explicit images shared online. This crucial service empowers youth to take control & safeguard their online presence. Visit the website to learn more and help us spread the word: childline.org.uk/info-advice….
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To my art loving/feminist/anti VAWG friends go and see this exhibition if you can. I stumbled on it and left with tears rolling down my cheeks (and I’m not an overtly emotional type)⁦@balticgateshead⁩ baltic.art/whats-on/02-frank…
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Sometimes online abuse involves sexual predators tricking a child into undressing (asking them to change into dressing up clothes for example) and videoing and sharing the results. @LGfLSafeguardED have created a video to advise younger children what to do undressed.lgfl.net/
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Thank you @YgamUK for delivering this enlightening training for @AcademyTrust DSLs yesterday. Really helpful insights into gambling harms and the online world accompanied by excellent resources for work with CYP.
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