25: Preventing harmful sexual behaviour in education

NSPCC Learning Podcast

What is good practice for preventing harmful sexual behaviour? We explore how you can use preventative and proactive measures to protect young people and manage incidents of sexualised behaviour appropriately.
In this episode, you’ll learn about:

• delivering PSHE education programmes and relationships and sex education (RSE)
• providing the right support for young people in educational settings, the wider community or online
• what you can do to help staff in dealing with peer-on-peer sexualised behaviour and peer-on-peer abuse
• how you can support parents and carers in creating safer environments for their children
• the importance of working collaboratively with external services such as the police or children’s services.

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.
Read the podcast transcript on the NSPCC Learning website.
💬 About the speakers

Pat Branigan is a Development and Impact Manager for NSPCC’s Children’s Services. He leads the NSPCC’s response to child sexual abuse with a focus on preventing harmful sexual behaviour displayed by children and young people.
Antoinette Jackson is the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) at a Secondary Provision where she is responsible for student welfare, mental health and PSHE and careers education. She leads a team of teaching staff and partners who are involved in providing outstanding care and support for young people at the Academy.
Dave Jenkins is a Vice Principal and Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and has been working in the secondary education sector for 24 years. In his current role at a secondary school, his responsibilities cover safeguarding, special educational needs and disability (SEND), behaviour, alternative provision and attendance.
Katy Tomkinson is a qualified social worker who has worked at the NSPCC for over five years where she has undertaken assessments of therapeutic need and provided therapeutic interventions for young people who have been sexually harmed. She has two BA degrees in Sociology and in Social Work.
📚 Related resources

> Manage sexualised behaviour in your school with our interactive elearning course

> Access our Talk Relationships service for secondary school teachers

> Browse teaching resources for children and young people aged 11+ about positive relationships

Intro/outro music is Lights by Sappheiros