The Department for Education (DfE) has launched a consultation on how the existing 2015 guidance, entitled Keeping Children Safe in Education, should be updated.
The updates include the need to have appropriate filters and monitoring systems to prevent children accessing harmful content via their school’s IT systems and so that “concerns can be spotted quickly”.
The new guidance would also require schools to teach their pupils about safeguarding, including online safeguarding.
On radicalisation, the new guidance includes references to the Prevent Duty and its implications for schools, including the procedures schools must have in place to protect those at risk.
The document also includes updates to reflect the most recent definitions and signs of child sexual exploitation.
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