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Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2023
Every member of school and college staff is legally required to read Part one (or Annex A, where Governing bodies deem appropriate) of the KCSIE document. It provides statutory guidance for schools and is put together by the Department of Education. Our online version of the KCSIE document allows you to keep tabs on who has and who hasn't read the guidance.
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Learning outcomes
- Grasp important safeguarding information that all staff are required to understand
- Recognise your role and your responsibilities
- Recognise how to deal with contemporary issues
Covered in this course
Course contents
This training course is broken down into 3 sections
- 1 Part one: Safeguarding information for all staff
- 2 Annex A: Safeguarding information for school and college staff
- 3 Annex B: Further information
SECTION 1
In this section, staff will gain a better understanding of the importance of their role and how they can play a crucial role in preventing safeguarding issues.
SECTION 2
Annex A is a condensed version of Part one. Annex A can be given to staff who do not directly work with children, if "the governing body or proprietor think it will provide a better basis for those staff to promote the welfare and safeguard children".
SECTION 3
Annex B contains important additional information about different forms of abuse and safeguarding issues. Leaders in Schools/Colleges and staff who work directly with children should read this.
About this course
We've put together this guidance for the upcoming KCSIE (Keeping Children Safe in Education) 2023 document to help you get your staff familiar with the proposed changes to the current KCSIE document.
This course allows for easy reporting, helping you keep tabs on who has and who hasn't read the guidance.
We give this course away for free to all educational institute that purchases any of our other e-learning courses.
The importance of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2023
It’s important that you comply with the law and understand the positive impact this training course can have on your organisation and employees.
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Pretty informative
Good update
Very clear and easy to use
Packed with information but how it was presented made it easy to follow and didn't make you feel overwhelmed. Very clear and concise, with additional reading links to direct you to further detail.
Easy to follow
Good content.
quick and simple but very informative
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
Thorough and comprehensive.
Covered all topics well.
It was fine.
But some information on the first page appeared to be out of date: It said that particular version of Keeping Children Safe in Education will come into effect at a date in 2023. We are now in 2024 so we have passed that date.
Informative and succinct
A really great short course that gave me all the information. Very helpful thank you.
Very informative
Very relevant and informative and doesn't take as long as you think!
Why is this training important
Compliance
It's important that you comply with the law and know the ways in which it affects you and the way you work.
It's crucial that all staff read Part one (or Annex A, where Governing bodies deem appropriate) of the KSCIE document to better understand their safeguarding responsibilities.
This guidance applies to all schools and colleges and is for:
• headteachers, teachers and staff
• governing bodies, proprietors and management committees
It sets out the legal duties you must follow to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18 in schools and colleges.
All school and college staff should read part 1 of this guidance. Part 1 of the guidance is also available as a standalone document.
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