CASPAR briefings help people working or volunteering with babies, children and young people understand changes to safeguarding and child protection policy and guidance.
They also summarise key research and reports from independent bodies such as Ofsted or the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
Each briefing outlines the key findings, guidance or updates to guidance to help you comply with the latest statutory requirements or apply new insight to your safeguarding practice.
A summary of Baroness Casey’s report on group-based child sexual exploitation by ‘grooming gangs’
A summary of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel’s thematic review examining the impact of race, ethnicity and culture on multi-agency practice.
A summary of the Panel’s fifth annual report looking at serious incidents, rapid reviews, local child safeguarding practice reviews and a thematic analysis in 2023/24.
A summary of the review investigating the experiences of children who were sexually abused by a family member.
A summary of changes introduced by Department for Education (DfE) in England.
A summary of the DfE’s guidance on safeguarding requirements for early years settings in England.
A summary of the Panel’s annual report looking at learning from serious incidents, rapid reviews, local child safeguarding practice reviews, national reviews and thematic analysis in 2022/23.
A summary of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel’s reports into safeguarding children with disabilities in residential care and the government response to the panel’s recommendations.
A summary of the updates and changes made to the statutory safeguarding guidance for England in December 2023.
A summary of the thematic analysis of multi-agency safeguarding in Wales, commissioned by the National Independent Safeguarding Board.
A summary of the DfE’s non-statutory guidance for providers running out-of-school settings in England.
Summary of reflections and recommendations from a review of children’s social care in Northern Ireland.
A summary of IICSA’s final report into child sexual abuse and exploitation in England and Wales, with evidence from public hearings, submissions to the ‘Truth Project’, IICSA’s research programme, and government responses to the recommendations made.
Summary of multiple reports setting out the Department for Education’s (DfE's) plans to reform children's social care in England in 2023.
Annual overview of learning for practice based on analysis of serious incidents in England in 2021.
Summary of the Department for Education’s (DfE's) report covering the history and learning from the periodic overview reviews of serious case reviews (SCRs) from 1998 to 2019.
An overview of key messages from the Department for Education’s (DfE's) analysis of serious case reviews (SCRs) in England between April 2017 and September 2019.
This CASPAR briefing was updated with the government's response in May 2023.
A summary of the Children Safeguarding Practice Review Panel briefing that sets out key findings and recommendations for practice from a literature review and a thematic analysis of case reviews where domestic abuse featured.
Summarises the findings and recommendations from the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel's review into the circumstances leading up to the deaths of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson in 2020.
Summarises findings from the independent review of children's social care's final report on the children's social care system in England.
Summary of the Independent Inquiry Child Sexual Abuse’s (IICSA) investigative report on the sexual exploitation of children by networks in England and Wales.
The Department for Education (DfE) incorporated their advice on Sexual violence and sexual harassment between children in schools and colleges into Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE) in June 2022.
Find out what the Welsh government’s guidance around child sexual exploitation entails in volume 7 of Working together to safeguard people. Includes information on identifying, reporting, preventing and responding to sexual exploitation.
Summary of the revised child protection guidance for people working with children in Scotland.
Summarises Ofsted’s findings and recommendations from their rapid review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges in England.
Summary of the findings from the third national review by the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel for England, on babies harmed by fathers and stepfathers.
An overview of the key messages and learning from rapid reviews and Local Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews (LCSPRs) produced in 2020 and 2021.
An overview of the key messages and learning from the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel’s annual report for 2020.
Summarises findings from the independent review of children’s social care, The case for change, and looks at the needs, experiences and outcomes of children supported by social care in England.
Looks at findings from reviews of serious child protection incidents in Scotland, and examines evidence of the impact of reviews on child protection practice.
Summary of key changes in the government's 2018 statutory guidance on safeguarding children and young people for England. Includes summary of further updates made in December 2020.
Key messages from the DfE's analysis of serious case reviews (SCRs) conducted in England.
Briefing on SUDI in England from June 2018 to August 2019. Key findings are taken from the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel’s review and includes key learning and recommendations.
Key messages about the criminal exploitation of children and young people in England based on rapid reviews received by the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel between July 2018 and March 2019.
Summary of findings from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services' report looking at how the police service protects children and young people in England and Wales.
A briefing summarising the findings from inspections of how agencies in England respond to child sexual abuse in the family.
Summarises key messages from the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel's first annual review about serious safeguarding incidents in England.
