Statutory guidance

Working Together to Safeguard Children.

Department for Education. 2018 (updated 2022). This guidance is based on The Children Act (2004).

• Audience: Organisations and practitioners working with children.

Care and Support Statutory Guidance.

Department for Health and Social Care. 2014 (updated 2023). This guidance is based on The Care Act (2014).

• Audience: Organisations and practitioners working with adults at risk.

Keeping Children Safe in Education.

Department for Education. 2023.

• Audience: Schools and colleges.

After-school clubs, community activities and tuition: safeguarding guidance for providers.

Department for Education. 2023.

• Audience: Providers of activities, after-school clubs, tuition and other out-of-school settings working with children.

Safeguarding and protecting people for charities and trustees.

The Charity Commission. 2017 (updated 2022).

• Audience: All charities working with children, adults at risk and/or the general public.

The information in this guidance is summarised in a 5-minute Safeguarding People guide for charity trustees.

Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage (section 3).

Department for Education. 2014 (updated 2023).

• Audience: School and childcare providers working with children from birth to 5.

Prevent Duty guidance.

Home Office. 2023.

Guidance on the duty in the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.

• Audience: All organisations and practitioners must prevent abuse for extremist purposes. Some organisations, including education and childcare providers, are “specified authorities” and must follow the Prevent Duty guidance.