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Code of Conduct:
Schools need advice to
The great debate
help trafficked children
believe that they are being exploit-
by Chris Parr
ed, since they have always been
Indicators that a child has
asked to run the household, or have
Children trafficked into the UK been regularly subjected to beat-
been trafficked:
or exploited after their arrival are ings, and so they consider it normal.
• A parent has turned
The new Code of Conduct
struggling to get help from those This can make it very difficult to
up with a “niece” or
has split the profession. Chris
responsible for their welfare – spot the telltale signs.”
including schools – according to According to 2007 research car-
“nephew” who is staying
Parr speaks to one teacher
new research. ried out by the Child Exploitation
with them for a little while.
vehemently against it, and
A report by The Children’s and Online Protection Centre • A child in your class
another who is in favour Society claims that a lack of infor- (CEOP), there were 330 known or
suddenly disappears
Pages 8 and 9
mation for schools means that many suspected cases of child trafficking
without warning.
teachers do not know where to turn in the UK in June of that year.
I’m watching you!
for advice, are unfamiliar with the But The Children’s Society says
• A child in your class
signs that a child may have been these figures are debatable, owing
mentions that they are
Our leadership page offers
trafficked, or disbelieve the serious- to the difficulty in identifying cases, staying with a stranger or
advice on how to carry out
ness of some students’ situations. and has published a number of
distant relative.
Hidden Children challenges indicators of abuse that are com-
lesson observations effectively
The child:
the stereotype that trafficked chil- mon among trafficked children (see
Page 13
dren are hidden away from soci- right).
• Does not appear to have
ety, pointing out that many attend The charity wants schools to be
money but does have a
The globalised school regularly, but are too afraid on the lookout for any indicators mobile phone.
challenge
to admit the abuse they suffer. in order to help stop children from
• Possesses money and
This can include forced labour, slipping through the net.
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Georgie
domestic servitude, sexual exploita- “Teachers are a crucial link,”
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goods not accounted for.
Don’t miss your preview
tion, and emotional abuse. Ms Nandy continued, “because in
• Exhibits self-assurance,
supplement to the Specialist
In one case, a teenager ran away many cases school becomes a safe
Society
s
maturity and self-
School’s and Academies from an abusive guardian and found haven away from the exploitation
en’
confidence not expected to
Trust’s National Conference,
a job to pay rent. He attended school – somewhere they can go and just
Childr
be seen in a child of such
inside this week’s SecEd. This
during the day and was picked up be kids. Teachers are people who
afterwards and taken to work in a children can open up to, who they
The
age.
year’s event focuses on the
factory until 3am, where he was paid feel comfortable with, and just ask-
for • Shows signs of physical
challenge of globalisation to
£110 for a 60-hour week. ing the right questions when you
or sexual abuse, and/or
modern education
He wanted to do well at his suspect something is amiss can
modelled
has contracted a sexually
GCSEs, so he told a teacher about his make all the difference.”
transmitted infection or has
SecEd digital
situation, at which point it was dis- Questions such as “where are
an unwanted pregnancy.
covered that he had been trafficked you sleeping tonight?” and “where
and Twitter
into the country three years ago and have you been?” when a child has
Photograph • Appears to be missing for
had no immigration status. been absent for a long period of indicators of trafficking, and act on ticularly when a child is enroll-
periods of time.
Lisa Nandy, policy advisor for time could help to identify those at the suspicions that she felt many ing, to ensure as much as possible • Is known to beg for money.
Thousands of teachers are
The Children’s Society, said that risk, Ms Nandy said. school staff had. is known about this child’s living
• Is malnourished.
although it was difficult to put actu- Two years ago, the National She told SecEd: “I am quite sure arrangements. And even when a
reading SecEddigital, a virtual
• Is being cared for by adults
al figures on the number of affected Society for the Prevention of that, at some point, a trafficked child child is leaving the school register,
edition of SecEd, which is
children in the UK, it was likely that Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) set will turn up in every one of the headteachers should not be afraid to
who are not their parents
emailed out every week. every school would, at some point, up the Child Trafficking Advice UK’s secondary schools. This is not report any suspicions they have that
and the quality of the
You can sign up for free by
have a trafficked child on its roll. and Information Line, a helpline for because there are thousands of cases, a child may be being trafficked out relationship between the
emailing
editor@sec-ed.co.uk.
She told SecEd: “We’ve found those working with children who but simply because the amount of of the country.”
child and their adult carers
SecEd news and features are
that, contrary to what many people they suspect may be involved in migration is increasing and children The NSPCC can arrange semi-
is not good.
think, trafficked children who are trafficking. This year, just 28 teach- are moving from country to country nars about trafficking for secondary
now also available on Twitter.
being exploited in the UK are in ers have called. for all sorts of reasons. This is increas- school teachers and students. For
• Is one among a number of
You can follow us at www.
contact with a range of agencies, one Mandy John-Baptiste, manager ing the likelihood of trafficking. details, call the Child Trafficking
unrelated children found at
twitter.com/SecEd_Education
of the most common being schools. of the helpline, said it was vital that “There are so many things that Advice and Information Line on one address.
“Frequently, the children don’t more teachers started to pick up on can be done at school level, par- 0800 1077057.
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