Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE): September 2023 changes

An updated version of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) will come into force on 1 September. Understand the changes and what your next steps should be.

Last reviewed on 8 June 2023
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Contents
  1. Part 1: safeguarding information for all staff
  2. Part 2: the management of safeguarding 
  3. Part 3: more details on safer recruitment measures
  4. Part 4: handling allegations against staff
  5. Part 5: child-on-child sexual violence and sexual harassment
  6. Annex A: safeguarding information for school and college staff
  7. Annex B: further information 
  8. Annex C: role of the designated safeguarding lead (DSL)
  9. Next steps 

The 2023 version of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) comes into force on 1 September. 

Please note, this article only summarises the changes between KCSIE 2022 and 2023. For a summary of the whole 2023 document, take a look at this article.

There are minimal changes this year, but get up to speed with everything that's new below.

Part 1: safeguarding information for all staff

All staff working directly with children are expected to read at least part 1 of KCSIE (those who don’t work directly with children can read the condensed version of part 1, in Annex A). The changes to part 1 are:

Emphasis on filtering and monitoring:

This section also now

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