Keeping Children Safe in Education

1 September 2025

Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE) 2025, the Department for Education’s (DfE) statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance for schools and colleges in England, has now come into force (effective from 1st September). The NSPCC Learning CASPAR briefing provides a summary of changes to the guidance.

Read the guidance: Keeping children safe in education 


Read the CASPAR briefing: Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE) 2025: summary of changes