The Department for Education (DfE) has released its 'for information' version of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) for the 2025/26 academic year. A final version will be published and come into force on 1 September 2025.
The majority of the changes this year are technical in nature (e.g. updated links and document titles), but there are a few more significant changes:
Additional online safety risks included
Schools should now be aware of risks related to:
- Misinformation
- Disinformation (including fake news)
- Conspiracy theories
See paragraph 135 (under content).
AI, filtering and monitoring
A link to the DfE's guidance on generative AI: product safety expectations has been added. The guidance supports schools to use AI safely and help them understand their filtering and monitoring requirements around AI (paragraph 143).
More guidance to be released before September
The DfE expects to publish revised guidance on:
- Relationships, sex and health education (paragraph 128)
- Gender questioning children (paragraph 204)