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Introduction Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2026 is the Department for Education's statutory safeguarding guidance for schools and colleges in England. It sets out the legal duties and expectations that education settings must follow to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18. The guidance applies to all schools and colleges, including maintained schools, academies, independent schools, alternative provision settings and further education providers. It is relevant to governors, trustees, proprietors, senior leaders, designated safeguarding leads (DSLs), teachers, support staff and volunteers. Safeguarding remains everyone's responsibility and KCSIE continues to promote a whole-school approach to keeping children safe. KCSIE 2026 introduces important updates that reflect changes to children's social care systems, developments in information sharing, growing concerns regarding serious violence, developments in technolog...