Child Safety

Pakenham Secondary College is committed to providing an environment where students are safe and feel safe.

Our child safety framework at: https://www.pakenhamsc.vic.edu.au/college-policies-reports explains how we support and maintain child safety and wellbeing at Pakenham Secondary College. It includes our:

• Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy

• Child Safety Reporting and Responding Obligations Procedures, and

• Child Safety Code of Conduct, which outlines acceptable and unacceptable behaviours for all staff and volunteers at our school.

Our students and families are important partners in providing a child safe environment. These regular newsletter reminders are one of the ways we ensure our school community is aware of:

• our commitment to child safety, and

• how to provide feedback or raise child safety concerns.

If you have any concerns about child safety at any time, please contact Aaron Smith, College Principal, or Kay Chandler, Assistant Principal, on 5945 1433. Any child safety complaints or concerns are treated seriously. For more information about our school's complaints process, see our Complaints Policy.

We also welcome your ideas on ways we can improve our approach to child safety and wellbeing. If you have any suggestions or comments please contact the General Office on 5945 1433 or via email at pakenham.sc@education.vic.gov.au and it will be passed on to the appropriate person.

• Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy

• Child Safety Code of Conduct

• Child Safety Responding and Reporting Obligations Policy and Procedure

• Complaints Policy

• Student Wellbeing and Engagement Policy

• Bullying Prevention Policy

• Volunteers Policy

• Visitors Policy

• Digital Learning Policy

• Yard Duty and Supervision Policy

Our students and their families are important partners in keeping our students safe. We value feedback and ideas on how we can continuously strengthen our child safety framework.

If you have any suggestions or comments please contact the General Office on 5945 1433 or via email at pakenham.sc@education.vic.gov.au.