This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Education Safeguarding Professional, Zarine Power for the attention of all Schools.
The Lucy Faithfull Foundation has published a report which summarises key findings from their research project on harmful sexual behaviour (HSB) in schools. This report on the second year of the project outlines interventions and themes. It finds that: designated safeguarding leads need time, training and support to tackle HSB in schools; a knowledge practice gap exists, where students may be able to absorb and reproduce information taught in relationships, sex and health education lessons, without any guarantee of behaviour change; and there is a need to work in effective partnerships with other agencies, parents and carers to tackle HSB.
Read/Download the report: Everyone’s safer: supporting effective leadership responses to harmful sexual behaviour in schools
See also on NSPCC Learning: Problematic and harmful sexual behaviour