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KCSIE 2025

Plain-English KCSIE 2025 guides for UK schools — DSLs, governors, leadership, and teaching staff.

Staff Summary

A calm, plain-English briefing on what every member of staff needs to know about Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 — online safety, child-on-child abuse, reporting, and recording.

DSL Checklist

A working checklist of the Designated Safeguarding Lead's responsibilities under KCSIE 2025, with practical prompts on online monitoring, incident response, parent communication, and evidence-keeping.

Governor Checklist

Strategic prompts for governors and trustees: filtering and monitoring evidence, staff training, safeguarding culture, online safety curriculum, and incident trends.

Online Safety

A whole-school checklist covering policy, curriculum, staff training, parent education, pupil voice, device rules, reporting routes, platform risks, and AI risks.

Filtering & Monitoring

What filtering and monitoring really means under KCSIE 2025 and the DfE standards — ownership, review cycle, evidence, provider questions, and governor oversight.

Child-on-Child Abuse

Calm, structured steps for recognising, recording, responding to, and referring child-on-child abuse — including online and sexualised behaviour — without dismissing or escalating disproportionately.

Mobile Phone Policy

A practical guide to choosing between no-phone, restricted, and BYOD approaches — including sanctions, safeguarding exceptions, parent communication, and template wording.

AI Tools Policy

Practical positions on chatbot use, homework, privacy, deepfake risks, staff use, pupil use, and an acceptable-use starter clause.

Evidence Folder

What to store and how to organise it: training logs, policy reviews, filtering reviews, incident trends, governor minutes, parent communications, and pupil voice.

Staff Quiz

Ten multiple-choice questions to help staff self-check their KCSIE 2025 knowledge. Includes answers and short explanations. Use as part of induction or a CPD session.

INSET Outline

A ready-to-adapt 90-minute INSET agenda for whole-staff KCSIE 2025 training. Covers what is new, online safety, child-on-child abuse, reporting, and reflection.

Parent Templates

Editable newsletter and email starters covering online safety, smartphone use, group chats, and what to do if something happens. Calm tone, no scare tactics.