Safeguarding alert for all families – ‘Sextortion’

The Department for Education have advised us to make all families aware of a concerning increase in reports of financially motivated sexual extortion against young people. You may have heard this being referred to as ‘sextortion‘.

There is a helpful BBC article linked here, and below is a letter from the National Crime Agency with important guidance for families.

(Click view in browser to see the letter if you are reading this in an email)

Please do contact us if you have concerns about your child or any other child at our school – support is available in school.