ISBA BURSARCAST // Safeguarding, Security and Summer Compliance (5th June 2026)

About this episode

This episode discusses safeguarding, security, and compliance issues for independent schools, including new legislation and operational readiness for the end of the school year.

This week’s Bursarcast focuses on safeguarding, security, complaints, estates compliance and end-of-year operational readiness for independent schools. We cover the DfE consultation on the new information-sharing duty under the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act, including the potential implications for safeguarding practice, policy, training, local partnership working, record-keeping and professional judgement. We also flag the Home Office’s statutory guidance on Martyn’s Law, now the main source of information on requirements for premises in scope. Education-specific guidance from the DfE is still awaited, and the law is not expected to come into force until spring 2027. For schools managing parental complaints, we look at the growing use of AI-generated correspondence, including the risk of longer, more legalistic and sometimes inaccurate complaints. The episode highlights the importance of proportionate processes, clear communication boundaries and inspection-ready complaints handling. The end-of-year checklist is another major theme, with finance, payroll, HR and compliance tasks now coming into sharp focus. We cover charity reporting, P11Ds, PAYE Settlement Agreements…

People in this episode

Host: ISBA

Topics covered

• safeguarding
• security
• complaints management
• end-of-year compliance
• operational readiness
• education law
• AI in education

Keywords

• safeguarding
• security
• complaints
• compliance
• education
• AI-generated correspondence
• operational readiness
• audit planning
• charity reporting
• policy review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DfE, Home Office, Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act, Martyn’s Law

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