Consultation outcome

Keeping children safe in education: proposed revisions 2021

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 10 December 2020
• Last updated: 6 July 2021 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Keeping children safe in education: government response to consultation

PDF, 419 KB, 59 pages

Detail of outcome

Summary of the responses received, along with the government’s response outlining the next steps.

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Original consultation

Summary

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.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
10am on 10 December 2020 to 11:45pm on 4 March 2021

Consultation description

We are seeking views on:

• revisions to ‘Keeping children safe in education’, the statutory guidance that sets out what schools and colleges should do and the legal duties with which they must comply to keep children safe
• revisions to the advice on sexual violence and sexual harassment between children in schools and colleges

Published 10 December 2020
Last updated 6 July 2021 + show all updates

1. 6 July 2021

   Updated with the government’s response to the consultation.

2. 10 December 2020

   First published.