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Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #safeguarding, aggregated by home.social.

  1. After a storm some roads are blocked, local buses are unreliable, a community centre is closed, several families have lost freezer contents due to power cuts. Attendance is patchy. A young carer arrives late and exhausted. A pupil with a social worker is absent. Whats your #safeguarding response?

  2. A group of pupils have been sharing videos claiming that climate collapse is inevitable and that school is pointless. Another group are sharing content saying climate change is a hoax. A usually engaged pupil says there is “no future anyway” and stops completing work. #safeguarding #KCSIE2026

  3. This sounds suspiciously like an evangelical project that went badly because of grooming and abuse.
    bylinetimes.com/2026/07/09/pet
    tldr:
    James Orr has housed students at his ‘right-wing mecca’ alongside race science advocates and hard-right political figures, in clear breach of Cambridge University’s safeguarding rules.
    Orr’s appointment as Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion in Cambridge University’s Faculty of Divinity in 2019 was accompanied by a clandestine financial donation from the pro-Trump Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel.
    Thiel went on to offer ‘life-changing’ sums of money to Cambridge University scholars in Orr’s network.
    Academics and students have consistently raised concerns about Orr’s conflicts of interest over funding, and dangers of breaching ‘foreign influence’ legislation.
    ...The University has offered no explanation of, or comment on, ... concerns of safeguarding in relation to its students."
    #Thiel #grooming #Safeguarding

  4. This sounds suspiciously like an evangelical project that went badly because of grooming and abuse.
    bylinetimes.com/2026/07/09/pet
    tldr:
    James Orr has housed students at his ‘right-wing mecca’ alongside race science advocates and hard-right political figures, in clear breach of Cambridge University’s safeguarding rules.
    Orr’s appointment as Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion in Cambridge University’s Faculty of Divinity in 2019 was accompanied by a clandestine financial donation from the pro-Trump Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel.
    Thiel went on to offer ‘life-changing’ sums of money to Cambridge University scholars in Orr’s network.
    Academics and students have consistently raised concerns about Orr’s conflicts of interest over funding, and dangers of breaching ‘foreign influence’ legislation.
    ...The University has offered no explanation of, or comment on, ... concerns of safeguarding in relation to its students."
    #Thiel #grooming #Safeguarding

  5. Busy day - parenting, housekeeping, and an afternoon hyperfocusing on an article about #KCSIE2026 and #ClimateChange as a #Safeguarding issue.

    Not quite done - want to make sure it's something useful that can be used by school leaders and DSLs come the new academic year.

    Hopefully out tomorrow.

  6. This sounds suspiciously like an evangelical project that went badly because of grooming and abuse.
    bylinetimes.com/2026/07/09/pet
    tldr:
    James Orr has housed students at his ‘right-wing mecca’ alongside race science advocates and hard-right political figures, in clear breach of Cambridge University’s safeguarding rules.
    Orr’s appointment as Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion in Cambridge University’s Faculty of Divinity in 2019 was accompanied by a clandestine financial donation from the pro-Trump Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel.
    Thiel went on to offer ‘life-changing’ sums of money to Cambridge University scholars in Orr’s network.
    Academics and students have consistently raised concerns about Orr’s conflicts of interest over funding, and dangers of breaching ‘foreign influence’ legislation.
    ...The University has offered no explanation of, or comment on, ... concerns of safeguarding in relation to its students."
    #Thiel #grooming #Safeguarding

  7. This sounds suspiciously like an evangelical project that went badly because of grooming and abuse.
    bylinetimes.com/2026/07/09/pet
    tldr:
    James Orr has housed students at his ‘right-wing mecca’ alongside race science advocates and hard-right political figures, in clear breach of Cambridge University’s safeguarding rules.
    Orr’s appointment as Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion in Cambridge University’s Faculty of Divinity in 2019 was accompanied by a clandestine financial donation from the pro-Trump Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel.
    Thiel went on to offer ‘life-changing’ sums of money to Cambridge University scholars in Orr’s network.
    Academics and students have consistently raised concerns about Orr’s conflicts of interest over funding, and dangers of breaching ‘foreign influence’ legislation.
    ...The University has offered no explanation of, or comment on, ... concerns of safeguarding in relation to its students."
    #Thiel #grooming #Safeguarding

  8. "“We coped then” is not a safeguarding standard" - What a debate about #schools and heat reveals about #climate, resilience, #safeguarding and #adaptation. Alistair Hamill and I take a look through a geographical lens.

    #Heatwaves #Geography #SchoolLeadership

    “We Coped Then” Is Not a Safeg...

  9. "“We coped then” is not a safeguarding standard" - What a debate about #schools and heat reveals about #climate, resilience, #safeguarding and #adaptation. Alistair Hamill and I take a look through a geographical lens.

    #Heatwaves #Geography #SchoolLeadership

    “We Coped Then” Is Not a Safeg...

  10. "“We coped then” is not a safeguarding standard" - What a debate about #schools and heat reveals about #climate, resilience, #safeguarding and #adaptation. Alistair Hamill and I take a look through a geographical lens.

    #Heatwaves #Geography #SchoolLeadership

    “We Coped Then” Is Not a Safeg...

  11. "“We coped then” is not a safeguarding standard" - What a debate about #schools and heat reveals about #climate, resilience, #safeguarding and #adaptation. Alistair Hamill and I take a look through a geographical lens.

    #Heatwaves #Geography #SchoolLeadership

    “We Coped Then” Is Not a Safeg...

  12. "“We coped then” is not a safeguarding standard" - What a debate about #schools and heat reveals about #climate, resilience, #safeguarding and #adaptation. Alistair Hamill and I take a look through a geographical lens.

    #Heatwaves #Geography #SchoolLeadership

    “We Coped Then” Is Not a Safeg...

  13. Alistair and I react to a headteacher's comment on Teacher's Talk Radio saying we coped in 1976, so we should just get on with it. But anecdote is not risk assessment, nor is it a safeguarding standard.

    Check out our analysis on #heatwaves, #schoolclosures and #safeguarding here: lnkd.in/eZWitf2s

  14. When classrooms hit north of 30°C, #behaviour changes. But are we blaming the right thing? An open letter from a parent on #uniform, #heat, and what really drives behaviour in #schools. #ClimateChange #Safeguarding

    What If We’ve Got It Wrong? An...

  15. When classrooms hit north of 30°C, #behaviour changes. But are we blaming the right thing? An open letter from a parent on #uniform, #heat, and what really drives behaviour in #schools. #ClimateChange #Safeguarding

    What If We’ve Got It Wrong? An...

  16. When classrooms hit north of 30°C, #behaviour changes. But are we blaming the right thing? An open letter from a parent on #uniform, #heat, and what really drives behaviour in #schools. #ClimateChange #Safeguarding

    What If We’ve Got It Wrong? An...

  17. When classrooms hit north of 30°C, #behaviour changes. But are we blaming the right thing? An open letter from a parent on #uniform, #heat, and what really drives behaviour in #schools. #ClimateChange #Safeguarding

    What If We’ve Got It Wrong? An...

  18. When classrooms hit north of 30°C, #behaviour changes. But are we blaming the right thing? An open letter from a parent on #uniform, #heat, and what really drives behaviour in #schools. #ClimateChange #Safeguarding

    What If We’ve Got It Wrong? An...

  19. What If We’ve Got It Wrong? An Open Letter to a School Leader on Uniform, Heat and Behaviour

    A school in England, facing a run of very hot days and a national heat alert, wrote to parents to set out its expectations. There were some adjustments - small ones - but the overall message was clear: standards would hold, routines would remain, and any loosening of uniform would need to be carefully controlled. There was also an implication, lightly but unmistakably put, that where uniform had been relaxed in the past, behaviour had slipped. For one parent reading it, that last point stuck. So they wrote back....

    geogramblings.com/2026/06/22/w

  20. What If We’ve Got It Wrong? An Open Letter to a School Leader on Uniform, Heat and Behaviour

    A school in England, facing a run of very hot days and a national heat alert, wrote to parents to set out its expectations. There were some adjustments - small ones - but the overall message was clear: standards would hold, routines would remain, and any loosening of uniform would need to be carefully controlled. There was also an implication, lightly but unmistakably put, that where uniform had been relaxed in the past, behaviour had slipped. For one parent reading it, that last point stuck. So they wrote back....

    geogramblings.com/2026/06/22/w

  21. What If We’ve Got It Wrong? An Open Letter to a School Leader on Uniform, Heat and Behaviour

    A school in England, facing a run of very hot days and a national heat alert, wrote to parents to set out its expectations. There were some adjustments - small ones - but the overall message was clear: standards would hold, routines would remain, and any loosening of uniform would need to be carefully controlled. There was also an implication, lightly but unmistakably put, that where uniform had been relaxed in the past, behaviour had slipped. For one parent reading it, that last point stuck. So they wrote back....

    geogramblings.com/2026/06/22/w

  22. What If We’ve Got It Wrong? An Open Letter to a School Leader on Uniform, Heat and Behaviour

    A school in England, facing a run of very hot days and a national heat alert, wrote to parents to set out its expectations. There were some adjustments - small ones - but the overall message was clear: standards would hold, routines would remain, and any loosening of uniform would need to be carefully controlled. There was also an implication, lightly but unmistakably put, that where uniform had been relaxed in the past, behaviour had slipped. For one parent reading it, that last point stuck. So they wrote back....

    geogramblings.com/2026/06/22/w

  23. What If We’ve Got It Wrong? An Open Letter to a School Leader on Uniform, Heat and Behaviour

    A school in England, facing a run of very hot days and a national heat alert, wrote to parents to set out its expectations. There were some adjustments - small ones - but the overall message was clear: standards would hold, routines would remain, and any loosening of uniform would need to be carefully controlled. There was also an implication, lightly but unmistakably put, that where uniform had been relaxed in the past, behaviour had slipped. For one parent reading it, that last point stuck. So they wrote back....

    geogramblings.com/2026/06/22/w

  24. Inspectors call for #Safeguarding improvements at #teenage #MentalHealth unit
    #Health
    The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland carried out a follow up visit at the Melville Unit in Edinburgh

    news.stv.tv/east-central/inspe

  25. Inspectors call for #Safeguarding improvements at #teenage #MentalHealth unit
    #Health
    The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland carried out a follow up visit at the Melville Unit in Edinburgh

    news.stv.tv/east-central/inspe

  26. Inspectors call for #Safeguarding improvements at #teenage #MentalHealth unit
    #Health
    The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland carried out a follow up visit at the Melville Unit in Edinburgh

    news.stv.tv/east-central/inspe

  27. Inspectors call for #Safeguarding improvements at #teenage #MentalHealth unit
    #Health
    The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland carried out a follow up visit at the Melville Unit in Edinburgh

    news.stv.tv/east-central/inspe

  28. Inspectors call for #Safeguarding improvements at #teenage #MentalHealth unit
    #Health
    The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland carried out a follow up visit at the Melville Unit in Edinburgh

    news.stv.tv/east-central/inspe

  29. Quite frankly one fewer #BoardingSchool in #England is a *good* thing (I'm a survivor of these places) - even if they are no longer as much the #safeguarding and #abuse nightmare they were in 1980s, they still embed the fucked up class system that causes many of the long term problems in our country..

    #Suffolk

    archive.ph/UMTMx

  30. Quite frankly one fewer #BoardingSchool in #England is a *good* thing (I'm a survivor of these places) - even if they are no longer as much the #safeguarding and #abuse nightmare they were in 1980s, they still embed the fucked up class system that causes many of the long term problems in our country..

    #Suffolk

    archive.ph/UMTMx

  31. Quite frankly one fewer #BoardingSchool in #England is a *good* thing (I'm a survivor of these places) - even if they are no longer as much the #safeguarding and #abuse nightmare they were in 1980s, they still embed the fucked up class system that causes many of the long term problems in our country..

    #Suffolk

    archive.ph/UMTMx

  32. Quite frankly one fewer #BoardingSchool in #England is a *good* thing (I'm a survivor of these places) - even if they are no longer as much the #safeguarding and #abuse nightmare they were in 1980s, they still embed the fucked up class system that causes many of the long term problems in our country..

    #Suffolk

    archive.ph/UMTMx