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Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE): September 2026 changes

KCSIE has been published for the 2026/27 academic year. Understand the changes and what your governing board needs to do.

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Contents
  1. Key things for you to know
  2. Next steps 
  3. Part 1: safeguarding information for all staff
  4. Part 2: the management of safeguarding 
  5. Part 3: safer recruitment
  6. Part 4: safeguarding concerns or allegations made about staff, including supply teachers, trainee teachers, volunteers and contractors
  7. Part 5: child-on-child sexual harassment and sexual violence
  8. Annex A: further information
  9. Annex B: role of the designated safeguarding lead 
  10. Annex C: KCSIE 2026: summary of changes

The Department for Education (DfE) has published its final version of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) for 2026/27. It comes into force on 1 September 2026. 

Please note: this article only summarises the main changes between KCSIE 2025 and 2026. For a summary of the whole KCSIE 2026 document, see our other article.

There are substantial changes in KCSIE 2026, including new sections and updated terminology throughout the document. While we've summarised the key changes here, this article is not exhaustive – we've provided paragraph numbers throughout, so that you can easily find the relevant sections of the guidance to read the details in full. 

Key things for you to know

Check that your child protection policy is up to date with the latest terminology changes and requirements, including the expectation to set out the measures that will be taken to tackle misogyny