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Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE): summary

Read the key points in KCSIE 2025 and know where to look for information on specific areas of safeguarding in the statutory guidance.

Last reviewed on 1 September 2025See updates
School types: Maintained, Special, Academy, Independent•School phases: Nursery, Primary, Secondary, 16 Plus•Ref: 10122
Contents
  1. Overview 
  2. Part 1: safeguarding information for all staff
  3. Part 2: the management of safeguarding
  4. Part 3: safer recruitment
  5. Part 4: safeguarding concerns and allegations made about staff
  6. Part 5: child-on-child sexual violence and sexual harassment 
  7. Annexes

Overview 

KCSIE is organised into 5 parts: 

  1. Safeguarding information for all staff
  2. The management of safeguarding
  3. Safer recruitment
  4. Safeguarding concerns or allegations made about staff, including supply teachers, volunteers and contractors
  5. Child-on-child sexual violence and sexual harassment 

Part 1: safeguarding information for all staff

All school staff working directly with children are expected to read at least this section. Staff who don't work directly with children on a regular basis can instead read a condensed version of part 1 (located in annex A).

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone's responsibility. No single practitioner can have a full picture of a child's needs, so everyone who comes into contact with them has a role to play in identifying concerns, sharing information and taking prompt action.

Staff should at all times consider what is in the best interests of the child.

Provide a safe environment in which children can learn Know about (and feel confident to