23: Harmful sexual behaviour in schools

Our episode will help you to understand:   the issues schools, colleges and academies are currently seeing and why there’s an increase in sexualised behaviour in young people what healthy, problematic and harmful behaviours are and how you can respond appropriately  how children and young people are affected, including those who display sexualised behaviour  what you can do to balance needs so that safeguarding is prioritised without affecting education. This episode features:   Fiona Barber, Children’s Service Practitioner at the National Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service (NCATS) (https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/services-children-families/ncats/) Pat Branigan, the NSPCC’s Development and Impact Manager for Children’s Services and lead on harmful sexual behaviour Lucy Dawes and Jacqui Ferris, Assistant Principals at Ormiston Academy Trust and Academy Transformation Trust The NPSCC would like to thank Academy Transformation Trust and Ormiston Academies Trust for sharing their expertise and helping us develop our series on harmful sexual behaviour. View the podcast transcript on the NSPCC Learning website (https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/2020/january/podcast-harmful-sexual-behaviour-in-schools/#transcript) .   Reference Hackett, S. (2014) Children and young people with harmful sexual behaviours (https://www.rip.org.uk/resources/publications/research-reviews-andsummaries/children-and-young-people-with-harmful-sexual-behaviours-researchreview-2014/) . London: Research in Practice.