Provides information on how to recognise, respond to and prevent abuse from people in a position of authority such as teachers, care workers and doctors.

A summary of the key changes to Keeping children safe in education – England's statutory safeguarding guidance for schools – which will come into force on 1 September 2022.

Summaries for key reports and statutory and non-statutory guidance.

Prefer audio? Our podcast covers a range of child protection issues to inform, create debate and tell you about the work that we do to keep children safe.

This briefing 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.

Find out more about the calls and contacts received by our helpline services.

Our series of posters and wallet cards encourage children to contact Childline if they need to talk.

This CASPAR briefing summarises findings from the independent review of children's social care's final report on the children's social care system in England.

A set of resources to help parents interact with their baby, boosting child development and setting up positive behaviour as their child grows.

Read our guidance to help you think about and mitigate the risks involved with making and sharing images of children and young people.

Online safety support and resources for schools and colleges including training, teaching resources, information for parents, IT systems requirements and ongoing monitoring.

Details guidance and legislation that sets out the safeguarding responsibilities of schools and colleges in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Browse our range of online safety resources to help schools and organisations keep children and young people safe online.

Summarises best practice on changing areas and supervising children and young people, including those with additional needs, when getting changed for activities.

We've designed a template to help you write a document that reflects the safeguarding needs of the children and young people your organisation works with.

A summary of the Independent Inquiry Child Sexual Abuse’s (IICSA) investigative report on the sexual exploitation of children by networks in England and Wales.

View the data available on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID) pandemic on the safety and wellbeing of children and young people and their families in the UK.

This insight briefing focuses on experiences of pornography and content promoting or glorifying eating disorders, self-harm and suicide.

Download and use our template to create a consent form for your organisation that will help you collect the information and permissions required.

Our series of factsheets pulls together the most up-to-date statistics on children who are the subject to child protection plan or on a child protection register for each of the UK nations.

Find out the data available on emotional abuse, including the scale of the issue and the characteristics of children who experience emotional abuse.

This briefing uses insight from NSPCC helpline contacts and Childline counselling sessions to highlight the impact domestic abuse is having on children and young people.

Provides learning for professionals around responding appropriately to children and young people who have displayed HSB or been impacted by it and assessing their needs.

Our briefing compiles available data and statistics on how many children have died due to abuse or neglect to help you make evidence-based decisions about child protection.

Provides learning for practitioners working in the early years sector around identifying abuse and applying professional curiosity to keep children aged five and under safe.

Take a look at our range of resources to support the prevention of bullying from templates, training, leaflets and guidance to podcast episodes.

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.

What to consider when working with young parents to ensure both the parents and their child are protected from potential risks and factors.

Read our 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.

Read a summary about the revised child protection guidance for people working with children in Scotland.

Explores the data available about physical abuse, including the scale of the issue and the characteristics of children who experience physical abuse.

This briefing summarises the key updates to guidance on responding to sexual violence and harassment between children for schools and colleges in England.

Guidance to help organisations understand the principles of keeping and managing records about child protection concerns.

Pulls together all the data available about child neglect, including the scale of the issue and the characteristics of children who experience child neglect.

A guide for parents and carers to help them decide when their child is ready to be at home alone or go out unsupervised. Includes a checklist of scenarios to work through.​

Need help planning or delivering health, relationships, and sex education curriculum in England? Our RSE resources, guidance and training can help you with this.

This briefing looks at findings from reviews of serious child protection incidents in Scotland, and examines evidence of the impact of reviews on child protection practice.

Provides an overview of Ofsted’s findings and recommendations from their rapid review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges in England.

Use our range of resources on peer-on-peer sexual abuse and healthy relationships for schools and anyone who works or volunteers with children and young people.

Our free resource is designed to help you support young people in designing and leading their own campaign around online bullying. Find out more about how the toolkit.

Provides an overview of the key messages and learning from the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel’s annual report for 2020.

Provides an overview of the key messages and learning from rapid reviews and Local Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews (LCSPRs) produced in the last year.

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.

How many children experience sexual abuse in the UK? Our briefing highlights key findings from the data and statistics about child sexual abuse.

Briefing on the data available about HSB, including scale of the issue, technology-assisted HSB and characteristics of young people who display HSB.

Explores the data and statistics available about looking after children, their experiences while in care and their outcomes to help professionals make evidence-based decisions.

This briefing uses insight from NSPCC helpline contacts and Childline counselling sessions to highlight the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on d/Deaf and disabled children.

Published case reviews highlight that practitioners sometime struggle to work with teenagers who are experiencing complex issues. This briefing covers the key issues and learning for improved practice around working with teenagers.

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.

We look at what children and young people have told Childline about being away from school and then returning during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. One in a series of briefings sharing insight from our helplines.

Highlights the issues children, young people and adults have raised to Childline and the NSPCC helpline in relation to children being targeted for sexual abuse online during the pandemic. Includes a breakdown of key findings and themes.

What have children and adults told the NSPCC helpline and Childline about physical abuse during the coronavirus pandemic? See our insight briefing for a breakdown of the key themes.

Our report compiles and analyses the most robust and up-to-date child protection data that exists across the four nations in the UK.

This briefing uses insight from NSPCC helpline contacts and Childline counselling sessions to highlight the impact of sexual abuse on children and young people during the coronavirus pandemic.

Explains what researchers need to consider when involving children in their research and includes information on ethics in child research and identifying potential risks.

See our briefing on sudden unexpected death in infancy (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.

Explains the definition of child abuse and provides an insight into the different types of abuse as well as setting out general signs to keep an eye out for.

This insight briefing uses insight from NSPCC helpline contacts and Childline counselling sessions to highlight the impact of domestic abuse on children and young people during the coronavirus pandemic.

Understand more about the potential risks and impacts of children experiencing domestic abuse as well as what you can do to improve your practice when working with children and families.

Lessons from case reviews published since 2008, where online abuse was a key factor.

This briefing summarises key messages from children who have been talking to Childline about coronavirus (COVID-19).

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.

Key messages from the DfE's analysis of serious case reviews (SCRs) conducted in England.

Summarises key messages from the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel's first annual review about serious safeguarding incidents in England.

CASPAR briefing

Summary 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.

Example role description for nominated child protection lead, also known as Designated Safeguarding Officer/Lead (DSO/DSL), named person or child protection officer.

Highlights lessons from case reviews published since 2017 where child sexual abuse committed by adults was highlighted as a significant issue. Includes a summary of risk factors.

A briefing on the new Wales safeguarding procedures, focusing on the procedures relating to children and young people at risk of harm.

Guidance on appropriate staffing and supervision ratios for children and young people. Includes best practices for organisations outside of education and early years sectors.

Defines what disguised compliance is and why it's important that practitioners are able to recognise it. Includes lessons from case reviews published from 2014 onwards where disguised compliance is a key factor.

Advice you can share with parents you work with on safe, positive ways to hold and care for their baby and reduce the dangers of rough handling.

Looks at learning from published case reviews that specifically relate to the voluntary and community sector and highlights the key issues identified as well as how practice can be improved.

A step-by-step approach to help you set up safeguarding and child protection measures. For voluntary, community and faith organisations and groups working with children and young people aged 0-18.

A compilation of findings and learning from published reports of inquiries and investigations into safeguarding practice in the voluntary and community sector.

A set of recommended standards to help voluntary, community and faith organisations keep children and young people up to the age of 18 safe. Includes templates, examples and links to further information.

Evidence-informed resources to help you ensure children always feel listened to - watch the animation, follow the tips and display the poster.

Summary of the DfE guidance on what schools in England must deliver for Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education from 2020.

A framework to help local areas develop and improve multi-agency responses to children displaying harmful sexual behaviours (HSB).

A series of posters to encourage adults to contact NSPCC Helpline if they are worried about a child.

Find out how these guidelines are used to decide whether a child is mature enough to make decisions about things that affect them.

Our It's Not OK teaching resources can be used with children and young people aged 11+ and is designed to help them recognise concerning behaviour and identify characteristics of positive relationships.

We have a variety of leaflets and resources which you can share with parents and carers to provide useful information and help make conversations about keeping their child safe easier.

Guidance for schools around ensuring children and young people are safely dropped off and picked up from school.

An anti-online grooming activity pack, helping keep children and young people safe online.

A set of 18 quality markers to help local agencies and reviewers in commissioning and conducting high quality case reviews.

A guide for anyone who works or volunteers with a child or young person who has been sexually abused.

A story in pictures providing advice for deaf adults to help them find out what what to do when they have child protection concerns about a child.

A story in pictures providing advice for deaf adults to help them find out what they can do when a child is being bullied.

A leaflet summarising what is known about the clinical presentation of inflicted head and spinal injuries in children.

A leaflet summarising how neglect and emotional abuse affects children aged 5 to 14. Part of the Core info leaflet series.

A leaflet on what is currently known about teenagers’ experiences of neglect and emotional harm. Part of the Core info leaflet series.

A systematic analysis of neglect in serious case reviews in England, between 2003 and 2011.

Explores the different issues to consider when looking at service data, self-report data, trends and comparing statistics across different areas in relation to child abuse.

We provide a summary of the key issues and risks that child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) need to be aware of as well as what best practices CAMHS practitioners should follow.

Highlights the key issues you need to be aware of when engaging with young people and compiles learning from case reviews to help you improve practice around CSE.

We look at lessons from case reviews published since 2010, where culture and faith were highlighted as significant issues. Includes summary of risk factors and learning for improved practice.

A summary of the key issues highlighted when working with d/Deaf and disabled children and how practices can be improved. Includes further reading materials.

Highlight how the education sector can improve safeguarding practice and what key issues they need to be aware of. Learning is taken from case reviews published since 2008.

Lessons from case reviews published since 2013, which have highlighted lessons for health professionals to improve safeguarding practice.

This briefing highlights lessons from case reviews published since 2008, where agencies were unaware of men who posed a risk to the child or who could have protected the child.

Summarises the potential risks posed to babies and children aged two and under in vulnerable families and improving practice to support new parents.

Take a look at what we've learnt looking at case reviews published since 2014, where neglect was a key factor.

A summary of the risk factors and learning identified in published case reviews to help improve police safeguarding practice.

A summary of risk factors and learning for improving practice for reunification and highlights key issues related to children returning home from care.