For many school leaders, the summer holidays will be the only real window to prepare for major changes to safeguarding and cyber security before September.
The new Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance places greater responsibility on schools to think beyond traditional filtering and treat online safety as part of their wider safeguarding approach.
In the latest issue of Education Today, Ripple Suicide Prevention CTO, David Savage, looks at what this means in practice, from protecting student data to recognising how harmful searches are changing online.
Read the full article on page 29: Keeping children safe in education 2026: Why the summer holiday won't be a break for school leaders