KCSIE 2026 introduces important expectations for how schools and colleges approach online safety, artificial intelligence, filtering and monitoring, information security and staff responsibility.
In this practical discussion, Mark Orchison, Dan Fitzpatrick and Julia Pidduck explore:
- why AI should be considered as a safeguarding contact risk, rather than treated only as an IT tool;
- how online safety should run through safeguarding policies, curriculum planning, staff training and parental engagement;
- what the annual filtering and monitoring review should cover and who should be involved;
- how safeguarding, IT and security, educational value, and data protection should work together when evaluating AI;
- what schools should ask AI and EdTech vendors about moderation, harmful outputs, alerts, age appropriateness and personal data; and
- how to create and evidence a practical implementation plan before September.
The webinar also includes audience questions and an overview of practical tools and frameworks available to help schools organise this work.