Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2025
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.
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
- Health & Safety
- 40 languages
- 75m
Learning outcomes
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Grasp important safeguarding information that all staff are required to understand
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Recognise your role and your responsibilities
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Recognise how to deal with contemporary issues
Covered in this course
Course contents
This training course is broken down into 3 sections
- 1Part one: Safeguarding information for all staff
- 2Annex A: Safeguarding information for school and college staff
- 3Annex 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) 2025 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.
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Each of our courses ends with a multiple-choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.
This KCSIE course concludes with a multiple-choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questions guide the user through the sections of the training and are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum user engagement throughout.
As well as printable user certificates, training progress and results are all stored centrally in Atlas (our Learning Management System) and can be accessed any time to reprint certificates, check and set pass marks and act as proof of a commitment to ongoing legal compliance.
What does my certificate include?
Your Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2024 Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and stamps of approval or accreditations by recognised authorities.
Please note if you are using our course content via SCORM in a third party LMS then we are unable to provide certificates and you will need to generate these in your host LMS yourself.
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Much better format.
I much preferred this approach of text only delivery as I tend to drift out of focus on the longer courses where someone is speaking. With this course I could read and re-read the sections I was unsure about and skim the parts I was very familiar with.
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Very interesting training
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Clear, comprehensive, well planned out
Having been a practicing barrister dealing with these issues for over 10 years I know how complex and confusing they can be but this training was exceptionally well planned and delivered, eliminating the confusion which it can caught. Really thorough and well put together and very accessible.
The training was informative, engaging, and relevant to my role. It improved my understanding of the importance of keeping children in education, identifying barriers to attendance, and supporting children and families effectively
The training was clear and informative. It increased my knowledge and confidence in supporting children to remain engaged in education and understanding the importance of early intervention
The training was informative, engaging, and relevant to my role. It improved my understanding of the importance of keeping children in education, identifying barriers to attendance, and supporting children and families effectively
The training was clear and informative. It increased my knowledge and confidence in supporting children to remain engaged in education and understanding the importance of early intervention.
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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 committeesIt 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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