Online Safety within ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ (KCSIE) 2019

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On the 26th June 2019 the Department for Education (DfE) published the updated ‘Keeping children safe in education’ (KCSIE) guidance ready for implementation from the 2nd September 2019. Schools and Colleges must comply with KCSIE 2018 until that date. KCSIE is statutory guidance from the DfE; all schools and colleges must have regard to it when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

 

Rebecca Avery, aka @esafety_officer, Education Safeguarding Adviser (Online Protection) within the Kent Education Safeguarding Team has put together a briefing specifically relevant to online safety. It is recommended that DSLs and leaders read the entire KCSIE 2019 document when evaluating their current safeguarding practice and considering required actions for September 2019.

 

’KCSIE’ 2019: Online Safety Content and Updates

Edited July 23, 2019 by elsiegee40

[Zammo]

On the 26th June 2019 the Department for Education (DfE) published the updated ‘Keeping children safe in education’ (KCSIE) guidance ready for implementation from the 2nd September 2019. Schools and Colleges must comply with KCSIE 2018 until that date. KCSIE is statutory guidance from the DfE; all schools and colleges must have regard to it when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

 

Rebecca Avery, aka @esafety_officer, Education Safeguarding Adviser (Online Protection) within the Kent Education Safeguarding Team has put together a briefing specifically relevant to online safety. It is recommended that DSLs and leaders read the entire KCSIE 2019 document when evaluating their current safeguarding practice and considering required actions for September 2019.

 

’KCSIE’ 2019: Online Safety Content and Updates

 

Very useful document.

 

Whilst given the choice I would push for strong filtering on guest networks, the technical implications of trying to deploy SSL filtering on a guest network are significant. As long as the guest WiFi network is secured with appropriate temporary passwords I would judge the safeguarding risk of not having SSL filtering as being very small, especially as keyword filtering will still be able to block obvious search attempts. In theory students could get a discarded token but I am drawn in particular to this line of the guidance you linked:

 

 

Whilst filtering and monitoring are an important part of the online safety picture for schools and collegesto consider, it is only one part. Governors and proprietors should consider a whole school approach toonline safety.

Edited October 30, 2020 by Zammo