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New data released recently in a report by Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) highlights the key findings and themes shaping the online child sexual abuse landscape, including the rapid rise of AI-generated abuse material, the disproportionate targeting of girls and the growing victimisation of older teenagers. In 2025, IWF analysts assessed 451,210 reports. This equates to one report every 70 seconds. Of these, 311,610 reports were confirmed to contain, advertise or link to child sexual abuse material. This is the equivalent of one report every 101 seconds.
Discover more by signing up to join IWF online on Thursday 7 May from 4.00 pm to 5.20pm for the exclusive launch of the 2025 Annual Data & Insights Report and be the first to see definitive 2025 data on the latest analysis and trends in online child sexual abuse, understand more about how systemic weaknesses on the internet are exploited, creating a thriving online child sexual abuse “marketplace” and hear the real-life impact of online child sexual abuse
The Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse (CSA Centre) published a new, step-by-step guide for early years provisions, schools, colleges and other education settings to help improve their response to child sexual abuse. Education professionals are in a unique position to identify and respond to child sexual abuse, and evidence shows that when education settings are well equipped to respond, the effect can be transformative. To help them, CSA Centre has developed a free, accessible Whole School Approach framework. It provides education settings with useful prompts and templates to assess their response to child sexual abuse, identify where policies, recording practices, information sharing, and culture are working well, and where gaps may exist.
Free webinar: Introducing the Whole School Approach: 29 April 3.30pm to 4.30pm. CSA Centre is hosting a free online webinar for education professionals, discussing why the guide was created, and how you can use it in your education setting to strengthen responses to child sexual abuse.
The Mental Health Awareness Week is led by the Mental Health Foundation and Action is chosen as this year's theme because, while awareness is vital, real change comes when action is taken too.
The Words Matter charity has launched a new free, evidence-based resource to support classroom communication and strengthen students’ sense of belonging, helping children feel valued, safe, and ready to learn. It is designed to support teachers in choosing language that builds trust, motivation, and a strong sense of belonging among students, especially during challenging moments. The guidance and examples in this resource have been developed to help teachers build children’s confidence, self-belief and resilience, while reducing shame, embarrassment, defensiveness, and anxiety, that can act as barriers to learning.
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