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    • Keeping Children Safe in Education

    Government Guidance

     

    Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2026 is the Department for Education's statutory safeguarding guidance for schools and colleges in England. Its purpose is to ensure that all education settings understand their legal responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, helping staff to identify concerns, respond appropriately, and create a safe environment where children can learn and thrive.

    KCSIE 2026 reinforces that safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and sets out the procedures, expectations, and best practice that schools and colleges must follow to keep children safe from harm, both in person and online.

    A translation of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026 is available in the following languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Simpl.), Chinese (Trad.), Gujarati, Polish, Romanian, Portuguese, Punjabi,  Somali, Spanish, Ukranian and Urdu. These documents can be found here:

    Government guidance on safeguarding procedures in the UK can be found here:

    Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026 sets out how different agencies must work together to ensure children are kept safe:

    Our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy can be found below:

    1. Safeguarding and child protection policy 2026-2027

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