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Pupils: Protection

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 6 July 2026UIN 13667

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to schools on (a) the use of pupils to accompany or guide visitors during open days or events, and (b) ensuring such interactions are supervised where visitors have not been subject to identity checks or vetting.

Answered by Josh MacAlister

All schools and colleges must have regard to statutory safeguarding guidance ‘Keeping children safe in education’, which sets out the duties on schools and colleges to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. This applies to all visitors, including those attending open days and events.

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