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NSPCC resources for healthy behaviours in relationships
Speak out. Stay safe is a free safeguarding programme that can help teachers of children aged 5-11 to reinforce key messages about abuse and neglect as part of their school's teaching on relationships. Talk Relationships supports secondary education settings to confidently deliver inclusive sex and relationships education. The Summer of Fun programme helps raise funds for the NSPCC.
Pol-Ed: Putting RSHE delivery into practice webinar
Schools are invited to watch a webinar about how Pol-Ed serves as a vital tool to support your school's RSHE delivery following the new statutory Relationships, Sex, and Health Education (RSHE) guidance which becomes compulsory in September 2026.
CADS Request for Support Portal delay
Further to previous communication on 2 June 2026 (www.schools.norfolk.gov.uk/article/78877), CADS are delaying the roll out of the Request for Support form to ensure this meets the needs of those partners referring in, and those in the front door.
Update to CADS Processes
From 8 June, Children's Advice and Duty Service are changing the routes available to get support through an amended Request for Support portal, which will help ensure the right response is provided, whether through Family Hubs, wider community early help services, or Family Help. DSLs will have an opportunity to ask any questions at a dedicated QA session on 22 June 2026.
Summer referrals to the Matthew Project
If you're thinking about referring a student to the YouCan or Unity service, please do so ahead of the summer break. More information about each service is available in this article.
Reminder: Resources for Drowning Prevention Week (13-20 June)
The Norfolk Water Safety Forum has a number of resources, in their Water safety resource pack, which can be used to teach children and young people about water safety to support Drowning Prevention Week.
Reception Network
As a newly appointed DfE Reception Network Lead School for Suffolk and Norfolk, The Oaks Primary School would like to extend an invite to all schools with a Reception class to be a part of our Reception Network
Trauma and Attachment Aware Practice Network 2025-26
This is the third and final session of our Trauma and Attachment Aware Practice Network this year - hear from colleagues across Norfolk about the implementation and experience of several SLCN projects being piloted by the Virtual School across 2025-26.
New Norwich Theatre CPD and school partnerships launch for Norfolk schools
Norwich Theatre has launched an exciting new programme of school packages and partnerships, designed to bring high-quality arts, culture and career inspiration directly into classrooms across the region.
Revised statutory guidance: Working Together to Safeguard Children (2026) and consultation
An outline of some of the changes to recent pieces of statutory guidance that are relevant to education settings, plus a call to DSLs to respond to a consultation.
Norfolk Safeguarding Children Partnership event 'Building Hope and Preventing Child Suicide Together'
This event aims to support practitioners to identify risks of suicide in everyday settings and provide compassionate responses.
Webinar on The Prevent Duty - Violence Fascinated Individuals and associated threats
A 90-minute webinar about emerging and extremist ideologies, emerging characteristics of concern, and making informed judgements on whether an individual expressing these emerging ideologies of concern should be referred to Prevent.
