National Safeguarding Standards

steve — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:34:10 +0000

On 1 April 2021, the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA) was incorporated. The CSSA was established following the acceptance of the Elliott Review recommendations and the end of the IICSA enquiry process by the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales.

Following the recommendations in the Elliott review and IICSA, the CSSA produced eight standards. The eight standards lay out what CSSA expects in terms of level of safeguarding practice in church bodies such as dioceses and religious life groups. The CSSA’s role through their inspection process, is to ensure compliance with those standards.

The eight standards are:

Standard One	Safeguarding is embedded in the Church body’s leadership, governance, ministry and culture
Standard Two	Communicating the Church’s Safeguarding Message
Standard Three	Engaging with and Caring for those who report having been harmed
Standard Four	Effective Management of Allegations and Concerns
Standard Five	Management and Support of Subjects of Allegations and Concerns (respondents)
Standard Six	Robust Human Resource Management
Standard Seven	Training and Support for Safeguarding
Standard Eight	Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement

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