The majority of teachers are seeing an increase in the number of safeguarding referrals related to children facing abuse and neglect.
A survey is warning that more than nine in ten teachers say safeguarding referrals are increasing in their school. More than half say this rise is “significant”.
An increase in reports around neglect is a major factor in this trend, cited by 87 per cent of teachers.
A similar proportion have seen an increase in emotional abuse referrals, while more than two thirds are seeing a rise in physical abuse referrals.
