Updated 12 February 2026.
Bridget Phillipson, MP, has published a written statement this afternoon launching a public consultation on Keeping children safe in education 2026 with a focus on grooming gangs, serious violence, domestic abuse and misogyny, information sharing, child sexual abuse/exploitation and mobile phone use.
Safeguarding Network will be analysing the consultation and sharing a summary with all our bulletin subscribers later today. We will update this page as soon as possible, so to stay up to date on all phases of the new legislation and regular safeguarding updates sign up to our free fortnightly email Bulletin.
Click here to view the Consultation document.
The Consultation closes on 22 April 2026.
We will be hosting free consultation webinars in February and March. See below for details and register to reserve your space.
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Free KCSiE 2026 Consultation Webinars
We are holding free webinars to discuss the KCSiE 2026 consultation document.
There are 3 dates to choose from:
Friday 27 February @ 12.15 - 13:15. Click to reserve your space
Monday 9 March @ 16.30 - 17.30. Click to reserve your space
Monday 23 March @ 16.30 - 17.30. Click to reserve your space
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Changes in KCSiE 2026
We wil publish our summary of the new KCSiE 2026 as soon as possible.