Keeping children safe in education

Views are being sought on proposed revisions to existing statutory guidance for schools on keeping children safe. These include:

• Increasing the focus on the importance of a child centred and coordinated approach to safeguarding;
• Emphasising further the role that individual staff play in safeguarding and the fact it is everyone’s responsibility;
• Highlighting the importance of early help and how it sits in the wider safeguarding system;
• Highlighting the importance of data sharing;
• Clarification on the role of the designated safeguarding lead and cover for the role;
• A new section to cover online safety;
• Aligning and clarifying training requirements for the designated safeguarding lead and staff;
• Updating the inspection section to reflect the Ofsted framework; and
• A new section covering children with special educational needs and disabilities.