Resources on harmful sexual behaviour in schools

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.

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.

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.