🏷️ From £90, with additional tickets from £45
🎧 Senior Leaders, DSLs, EDI leads, Boarding staff 
📍 Online
🎥 Watch live or on catch up

Course outline:

This webinar will provide a clear and practical overview of the 2026 updates to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), focusing on key changes and their implications for school leadership, safeguarding teams, and all staff.

KCSIE 2026 applies to all practitioners in schools, including governing bodies, proprietors, and management committees. Understanding these updates is essential to ensure compliance and to maintain best practice in safeguarding.

This session forms part of the KCSIE26 Box Set, which includes:

• A 1-hour live or recorded webinar
• A 20-minute update video suitable for use in annual safeguarding refreshers and new staff induction
• A ready-to-use quiz for inclusion in staff safeguarding training and updates

Training topics will include:

• Overview of key changes in KCSIE 2026
• Implications for safeguarding policies and procedures
• Practical impact on professional practice and staff responsibilities

Learning outcomes:

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Identify and understand the key updates in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026
• Update school policies and procedures to reflect the latest guidance
• Recognise potential challenges in implementation and ensure effective dissemination to all staff
• Confidently incorporate the updates into training and induction processes

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This event will be held jointly with:

Speakers:

David Walker FTIOB, Executive Director, Boarding and Director, BSA/TIOB

David joined Abitas Group in August 2023. He has over 20 years’ experience in boarding schools and has worked in a range of schools in the UK and Africa, alongside being a prep school governor and a trustee of a MAT. Before taking up his post at the BSA, David was Deputy Head Pastoral at a large co-ed independent school in the South-East.

Dale Wilkins, Executive Director, Scotland/Wales and Accredited/Compliance

Dale joined the BSA during Summer 2017 with responsibility for safeguarding and standards, having previously been a course tutor since 1998.  Dale leads on all safeguarding, inspection and compliance matters for BSA Group, including liaising with ISI, Ofsted and DfE in England, and leading on the group’s work in Scotland and Wales. He trains and delivers consultancy extensively for BSA and SACPA and is Vice Chair of the Group’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Advisory Board (SAFCAB).

For 31 years Dale was a boarding practitioner. After boarding positions at Norwich School and Tettenhall College, Dale became a Housemaster at Old Swinford Hospital in 1992, and was promoted to Deputy Head in 2007, and subsequently also DSL. He has also been a multi-agency trainer for the Dudley Safeguarding Children’s Board, is a safeguarding trainer for the Methodist Church, is a trustee of the National Youth String Orchestra and chair of a small performing arts charity. He also holds volunteer roles in sport and in the Scout Association.

Gaelle Sullivan, Director of Research, Inclusion and IELA

Gaelle is Director of Research, Inclusion and IELA and joined the BSA in January 2023. She is an experienced senior leader and has worked in a range of state and independent schools. She is a qualified SENCO and holds a Masters Degree in Inclusive Education. Prior to joining the BSA, Gaelle was Deputy Head Pastoral, DSL and Head of Boarding at an all-girls independent school in the South-East.