This document was updated June 2020.

A clear and concise document from UK Council for Child Internet Safety to help school governors understand their responsibility in terms of safeguarding the students in their care.

Read the document here

This guidance applies to all schools and is for:

headteachers, teachers and education staff
governing bodies, proprietors and management committees
It sets out what schools and colleges must do to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18.

Download the documents here.

Swgfl have produced two useful documents for schools about filtering and monitoring in light of the DfE guidance. These can be found here

And a useful presentation indicating the relevant changes made to the guidance. This can be found here.

There is also a useful summary article by Becki Avery of Kent County Council which can be found here

'The Department for Education published their revised ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ statutory guidance on May 26th ahead of its activation on 5th September 2016. This is relevant to schools and colleges across England and introduces a number of notable changes and updates with regards online safety.

Given the guidance is 75 pages in length, SWGfL, as part of UK Safer Internet Centre, has helpfully highlighted the revised changes, together with what this may mean. Alongside most references, we have also signposted resources and services that may help. Simply skip through the Prezi to highlight the references, interpretation and associated resources.'

The resource is here

The most recent revision of the document is here.