Keeping Children Safe in Education the statutory guidance for schools and college in England has been updated.
The final version will be published in September 2025, replacing previous editions. This guidance is crucial for all staff to understand and implement to ensure a safe environment for children.
Updates for KCSIE 2025 include:
🔴 Note on expected revised guidance on Relationships, Sex, and Health Education
🔴 Note on expected revised guidance on gender questioning
🔴 the DfE’s Working together to improve school attendance is now statutory guidance
🔴 changes to the list of content risks under online safety, adding in disinformation, misinformation and conspiracy theories
🔴 more information on the DfE guidance on generative artificial intelligence (AI)
🔴 additional information on, and clarity around, alternative provision guidance
🔴 clarity on Virtual School Heads and their non-statutory responsibilities around children in kinship care.
An information version is available to view the potential changes now and the new September 2025 version will be available on our website in due course.
