Safeguarding KCSIE - The Latest Updates

Safeguarding in education is constantly evolving, and staying ahead is crucial. While 2024 saw only technical updates to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), more substantial changes are anticipated in 2025. 

In this timely and practical session, we will guide you through the anticipated updates to KCSIE 2025, exploring not only what’s changing but how these changes impact your school or trust’s safeguarding responsibilities.  

The session will also reflect on key safeguarding trends and challenges from 2024-25, offering insight and strategies to strengthen your approach. 

During the session we will be covering the following:

• The key updates to KCSIE 2025 
• How to implement the changes effectively for September 
• Implications for policy, procedure and daily practice 

Joanne Bocko 

Joanne has a wide range of safeguarding experience which allows her to understand the differences between schools and the challenges they face. Starting as a primary school teacher, her compassion for those in need led to a move to Police Staff and eventually working in the cybercrime team supporting schools and students with online safety issues. She headed up campaigns for online offences and appeared on the BBC and Radio One newsbeat. Her passion for schools brought her to the Local Authority, where, as a Safeguarding in Education Officer, she provided training and support to all schools in her county. Her motto is ‘if it will make life easier and better for schools, I will do it!’