se is most likely to include, but may not be limited to: • bullying (including cyberbullying, prejudice-based and discriminatory bullying) • abuse in intimate personal relationships between children (sometimes known as ‘teenage relationship abuse’) • physical abuse which can include hitting, kicking, shaking, biting, hair pulling, or otherwise causing physical harm • sexual violence, such as rape, assault by penetration and sexual assault • sexual harassment, such as sexual comments, remarks, jokes and online sexual harassment What school and college staff should do if they have concerns about a child 15. Staff working with children should maintain an attitude of ‘it could happen here’ where safeguarding is concerned. When concerned about the welfare of a child, staff should always act in the best interests of the child. 16. Staff should not assume a colleague, or another professional will take action and share information that might be critical in keeping children safe. 17. If staff have any concerns about a child’s welfare, they should act on them immediately. They should follow their school or college’s child protection policy and speak to the designated safeguarding lead (or a deputy). In the absence of the 148 Consensual image sharing, especially between older children of the same age, may require a different response. It might not be abusive – but children still need to know it is illegal- whilst non-consensual is illegal and abusive. UKCIS provides detailed advice about sharing of nudes and semi-nude images and videos. 148 designated safeguarding lead (or a deputy) staff should speak to a member of the school or college’s senior leadership team. 18. The designated safeguarding lead (or a deputy) will generally lead on next steps, including who else, if anyone, in