Our Commitment to Safeguarding

Newington College is a child safe organisation, committed to providing education and care to children and young people to assist them to develop into high-achieving, supported students, positively connected to each other and to the communities in which they live and which they will serve.

The College regards its child safety and protection responsibilities with the utmost importance, and as such is committed to providing the necessary resources to ensure compliance with all relevant child protection laws and regulations to maintain safe and supportive College physical and online environments for all children and young people.

Staff, Students and Parents

At Newington College our students are at the centre of everything we do. They have a right to feel safe and be safe.

Critical to this is our partnership between families/carers, students and staff, with each playing an important role in our child safe organisation.

We provide information to enable our students, their families/carers and our staff to understand their roles and the contribution they make to Safeguarding at Newington.

This includes information about:

• our policies and procedures
• learning resources
• available support
• how to provide feedback or raise concerns
• how we approach governance and reporting in the area of safeguarding

Prospective Staff

Newington College prides itself on being a child safe organisation – focused on preventing and acting on harm to children. All our students have a right to feel and be safe and our people play a key role in this important work.

The College has robust recruitment practices in place. We select people to join our team who share our commitment to child safety and are suitable for working with children.

Once employed by us, our people receive regular learning, feedback and support, enabling them to do their jobs effectively. They are supported to keep our students safe and are part of our culture of continuous learning and improvement.   

Alumni

Our student alumni is a rich source of insight and feedback concerning our College, enabling an important contribution to continuous improvement within the College. We encourage our student alumni to share feedback (including concerns) with us about their time at Newington, so that we can strengthen our practices. We welcome feedback and concerns, particularly in the area of child safety.

National Redress Scheme

Share a Concern

Alumni

Policies

At Newington College, our policies and procedures are an important component of our approach to safeguarding. Our policies and procedures establish responsibilities in regard to safeguarding and clarify the expectations we have of our staff, volunteers, parents, carers and students to prevent and respond to issues relating to child safety.  

• Statement of Commitment to Child Safety
• Child Safety Code of Conduct
• Professional Boundaries Policy
• Reportable Conduct Procedures
• Child Protection Incidents Procedures
• National Redress Scheme Policy
• Pastoral Care Policy
• Student Discipline Policy and Procedures
• Student Diversity and Equality of Opportunity Policy
• Complaints Resolution Policy and Procedures
• Privacy Policy and Privacy and Information Collection Notice
• Whistleblower Policy
• Enrolment Policy