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The Department for Education's proposal for including guidance on children who are questioning their gender within 'Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE)'.
What we’re consulting on The Department for Education has proposed a new…
We are seeking views on proposed changes to the statutory guidance 'Keeping children safe in education' with a view to making changes for September 2026.
Seeking views on the introduction of new national standards and a quality assurance framework for unregistered alternative provision.
We are seeking views on our revisions to the Working together to safeguard children statutory guidance.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Government policy on information sharing and the use of a consistent child identifier.
We're seeking views on proposed regulations and guidance for supported accommodation for looked after children (LAC) and care leavers aged 16 and 17.
We're seeking the views of looked after children and care leavers aged 16 and 17 on the proposed new rules for their supported accommodation.
We are seeking views on proposed changes to the statutory guidance Keeping children safe in education 2021 with a view to making changes for September 2022.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
We are seeking views on proposed changes to the statutory guidance ‘Keeping children safe in education' with a view to making changes for September 2021.
Find out about the request for feedback and the Department for Education's response to users' feedback.
This consultation seeks views on proposed changes to the statutory guidance 'Keeping children safe in education'.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
We're seeking views on proposed revisions to guidance for schools on keeping children safe.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
We're seeking views on revisions to ‘Working together to safeguard children’ statutory guidance, published in 2013.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This consultation aims to gather views on issuing new safeguarding guidance in schools and FE colleges.
This document presents the questions and a summary of responses from the consultation.
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