Safeguarding audit

Audit your safeguarding arrangements to make sure you're up to date with the latest statutory safeguarding guidance, including Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2025.

Last reviewed on 15 April 2026See updates
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  1. Download our audit template

Download our audit template

Use it to check that your safeguarding arrangements comply with statutory safeguarding guidance. Our template for academies includes additional sections for you to audit trust-wide oversight as well as arrangements in individual academies.

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Our templates are mainly based on Keeping Children Safe in Education but they also draw on:

If you’re looking to audit what staff and governors know and understand, you can find useful assessment tools and eLearning on The Key Safeguarding.

Ofsted has its own expectations which overlap with KCSIE

However, there are