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Governors Urged to Dismiss Grooming Gang Warnings

11/5/2025

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The Daily Telegraph reports that English school governors were told to dismiss grooming-gang concerns as 'disinformation' in safeguarding training.
GovernorHub delivered the safeguarding training, drawing backlash from MPs and parents who find it alarming.
Conservative MP Chris Philp argues the approach undermines the seriousness of child exploitation.
The National Crime Agency is reviewing hundreds of previously closed group-based child sexual abuse investigations, and GovernorHub is revising the training scenario.

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The Daily Telegraph reports that English school governors were told to dismiss grooming-gang concerns as 'disinformation' in safeguarding training.
GovernorHub delivered the safeguarding training, drawing backlash from MPs and parents who find it alarming.
Conservative MP Chris Philp argues the approach undermines the seriousness of child exploitation.
The National Crime Agency is reviewing hundreds of previously closed group-based child sexual abuse investigations, and GovernorHub is revising the training scenario.