Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025

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The delayed KCSIE (keeping children safe in education) statutory guidance has been confirmed to be released this month, almost 2 months later than normal.

'The Department for Education this morning revealed the document – which gets updated each year – will include links to latest relationships, sex and health education guidance and “revised guidance on gender-questioning children”.

KCSIE sets out the legal duties schools “must follow to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18”."
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-promises-delayed-kcsie-guidance-this-month/

It is usually released in May or June, so running really late.

All school staff (from the Head teacher to the cleaners, site staff, office and catering staff have to complete statutory training in KCSIE every Sepember. At my school, we also have to complete a test and get a certificate to prove that we know what the changes are each year.

Last year, the section on LGBT children was changed to LGB and gender questioning. However, this remained a "draft" section all year.

It will be interesting to see what comes out. Hoping it will be in the next 3 weeks, so that schools can look at it before the summer break. Otherwise, the DSL (Designated Safeguarding Lead) will be having to do more work over the holidays, ready to lead training on Sept 1st.

As an aside, the South West NASWUT diversity and inclusion group have invited us to training in how to be better allies, as "you may be able to save lives".

These are the key differences I can see wrt the term gender questioning children:

no longer draft, but notes that the GQ guidance will be worked on in the summer and if published will be linked for September.

<cups ears to hear the scrambling of teachers finger tappings, racing to find that draft guidance and actually read it>

very interestingly they’ve identified disinformation, misinformation and conspiracy theories as safeguarding issues.

I noted the parallels with Paloma’s death due to disinformation from her conspiracy theorist mother upthread.

hopefully dis/misinformation about increased suicide risked for gender questioning children etc can be more readily accepted across all children’s services and education, as well as the bloody unions

Link

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2

Page 184 lists all the changes in the document.

this is the “July version.”

key thing to note is that the gender questioning parts are no longer draft.

Yes! Have just had notification that it has been released.

WarriorN · 05/07/2025 07:19

Well, that's rather disturbing. 10 children have been removed by their parents, who are scrabbling around for new places. That's a third of the class.

I wonder what the school and LEA will make of that?

Well I certainly wouldn’t want my child to be taught by a man who thinks he isn’t

I think I misunderstood your post - of course adults in schools always report - that's their role in safeguarding and yes, our personal views are irrelevant. Apologies.

Thank you so much for this. Glad they've held the line re gender questioning children. It gives me hope that the sticky hands of the trans lobby groups have been finally removed from the DfE and that the new guidance will reflect safeguarding and children's needs.

Check out our blog on this topic that we released yesterday with the updates, and what mums & parents can do for the home. Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025: Why Parents and Broadband Providers Must Work Together - GIGABIT