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Children: Protection

Commons · Question 105381 · Tabled 13 Jan 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 21 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the national safeguarding guidelines for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.

Answer

Answered by Josh MacAlister, 21 Jan 2026

Schools and colleges have a critical role to play in protecting children and keeping them safe. The department publishes statutory safeguarding guidance Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE) which all schools and colleges must have regard to when car...