Child Safety Standard 9
At St Mary’s, the safety and wellbeing of every child is a priority. Child Safe Standard 9 focuses on ensuring that physical and online environments promote safety and wellbeing while minimising opportunities for children and young people to be harmed.
How does St Mary’s support child safety?
At St Mary’s, we are committed to creating a safe, inclusive and supportive environment where every child feels respected, valued and empowered to speak up. We work to maintain child safe environments through clear expectations, consistent procedures and a whole school commitment to protecting children.
This includes:
Safe physical environments: Promoting respectful behaviour, appropriate supervision and safe use of school spaces and facilities.
Online safety: Teaching students to use digital technologies responsibly, protect their personal information and report anything online that makes them feel unsafe or uncomfortable.
Clear reporting processes: Maintaining a consistent whole school child safe reporting process so concerns are responded to appropriately and promptly.
Student voice: Encouraging children to speak up about concerns and seek support from a trusted adult.
Shared responsibility: Ensuring staff understand their child safety responsibilities and follow school procedures to help protect students.
What can families do?
Families can support child safety by discussing online safety at home, encouraging children to speak openly about their worries, and reminding them that they can always ask a trusted adult for help. Please contact the school if you have a concern about a child's safety or wellbeing.
At St Mary’s, child safety is everyone's responsibility. By working together, we can help ensure our school remains a place where every child feels safe, supported and able to thrive.
For further information about our child safe standard 9 please read the document attached.