Draft Keeping Children safe in Education Sept 2019

The government has published a draft of the statutory guidance, Keeping Children Safe in Education, to come into force in September 2019. This update is simply to ensure that the guidance is consistent with other areas of government policy. There are no core changes or new expectations.

The changes are to be found on pages 108 and 109, and include:

• reference to the Safeguarding Partnerships that should be in place from September 2019 and will replace LSCBs
• references to the new curriculum for Relationships Education, and Relationships and Sex Education, and Health Education
• reference to the new Ofsted framework
• reference to the new guidance 'Teaching online safety in school' https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teaching-online-safety-in-schools
  

The draft Keeping Children safe in Education for September 2019 can be downloaded here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2