The DfE have released the 2023 version of its Keeping Children Safe in Education document. This comes into effect from 1st September 2023.
The key points are as follows:
- Filtering and monitoring systems should be reflected in training and safeguarding policies
- Schools should inform shortlisted candidates that online searches will be carried out
- Guidance has been added on managing allegations against organisations or individuals hiring out the school premises
- Schools no longer have the obligation to preserve records for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)
- Forced marriage guidance has been updated to reflect legal changes in February 2023
- A distinction has been made between children missing education and children absent from education
Link to document: Keeping children safe in education 2023 (publishing.service.gov.uk)
