Policies
Chloe, Emma, Victoria and Mimi
The Child Safe Standards are compulsory minimum standards for all Victorian schools to ensure they are well prepared to keep children and young people safe and protect them from abuse. The Standards were recently reviewed with the new Standards commencing on 1 July 2022.
The eleven new Standards will replace Victoria’s current seven standards and principles.
Key changes include new requirements:
- to involve families and communities in organisations’ efforts to keep children and young people safe
- for a greater focus on safety for Aboriginal children and young people
- to manage the risk of child abuse in online environments
- for greater clarity on the governance, systems and processes to keep children and young people safe.
See DET ChildSafe Policy for further information.
As part of the review process to ensure BBPS school based policies are aligned with these new standards, the School Council has recently reviewed the following policies:
- Volunteers Policy
- Visitors Policy
- BBPS Code of Conduct
- Child Safety Responding and Reporting
Consultation with our community is also an important component of the policy review process. We welcome all feedback, so please contact Kim Ancrum should you have any queries or comments.