Explore our range of resources on healthy relationships and harmful sexual behaviour, including peer-on-peer and child-on-child sexual abuse. These can be used by anyone who works or volunteers with children and young people.
Guidance for teachers and group leaders on talking to children and young people about healthy relationships.
Evidence-informed resources to help you ensure children always feel listened to - watch the animation, follow the tips and display the poster.
Guidance on how to prepare for having difficult conversations with children and young people and what you need to keep in mind when discussing sensitive topics.
Our updated elearning courses will help you to manage harmful sexual behaviour in primary or secondary schools in the UK.
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Access guidance, resources and training to help you respond to and prevent incidents of problematic sexual behaviour and harmful sexual behaviour, including child-on-child and peer-on-peer sexual abuse.
Use our information and resources to help you recognise child sexual abuse when working or volunteering with children. Includes what signs to look out for and how to respond to concerns.
What to do if you have concerns that a child you know through your work or volunteering has experienced abuse and neglect.
Understand more about sexual behaviour in children and young people and what is developmentally typical for their ages. Includes a section on responding to inappropriate sexual behaviour.
Provides information on types of allegations, supporting the needs of everyone involved, deciding if it’s a child protection concern as well as informing and offering help to parents and carers.
Covers what schools and organisations working with children and young people need to know about sharing nudes, including writing a policy and procedures and how to respond to incidents.
We have a series of episodes discussing different aspects of harmful sexual behaviour.
> Podcast: harmful sexual behaviour in schools
> Podcast: assessing sexualised behaviour
> Podcast: preventing harmful sexual behaviour
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Briefing on the data available about HSB, including scale of the issue, technology-assisted HSB and characteristics of young people who display HSB.
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.
Report analysing the concerns being raised to Childline and the NSPCC helpline about peer sexual abuse.
Use our evidence-informed framework to help local areas develop and improve multi-agency responses to children displaying harmful sexual behaviour (HSB).
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Use our free tool to audit your school’s child protection arrangements and ensure your organisation meets best practices. Covers the measures schools should have in place to prevent and respond appropriately to all forms of harmful sexual behaviour.
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Young people who have experienced abuse at school and parents and teachers who are concerned about sexual abuse in education settings can call the Report Abuse in Education helpline on 0800 136 663 or email help@nspcc.org.uk.
Find out more
For any other concerns about a child, find out how the NSPCC Helpline can help.
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