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Child protection policy: model

Make sure your child protection policy reflects Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025. If you previously adapted our model, use our summary of what's changed and why to help you decide what changes to make. If you have your own policy, use our checklist to make sure it covers everything it needs to.

Updated
on 11 July 2025See updates
Ref: 41725
Statutory/mandatory for:
Maintained schools
Academies
Free schools
Independent schools
Sixth-form colleges
Further education
Pupil referral units
Non-maintained special schools
Contents
  1. Download our model policy
  2. How to make sure your own policy is up to date and compliant
  3. Policy checklist
  4. Settings with the EYFS: you don't need a separate EYFS child protection policy
  5. Visit The Key Safeguarding for further safeguarding support

Download our model policy

This model document is designed for you to adapt to suit your school’s context. It incorporates a:

  • Child protection policy (which all schools should have)
  • Statement of procedures for dealing with allegations of abuse against staff (which is non-statutory, but which all schools should have unless there's good reason not to)
  • Safer recruitment policy and procedures (which is non-statutory, but which all schools should have unless there's good reason not to)
Model policy: child protection and safeguarding (schools) DOCX, 975.4 KB
Download

Approved by Forbes Solicitors, all of our model documents take account of relevant requirements and good practice. They're easy to adapt, will save you time and will help keep your school compliant.

Please note: we've created our policy with primary and secondary schools in mind. If you're a 16 to 19 academy, FE college or other higher education establishment, you may need to adapt the policy further to make