TPS Policies

School policies outline the school's stance on key topics, reflecting its values and ensuring compliance with the Minimum Standards for School Registration, including Child Safe Standards. The Department of Education provides guidance to ensure policies meet legislative requirements.

Child Safe

Teesdale Primary School is committed to providing an environment where students are safe and feel safe.

Our Child Safety Framework is accessible via out Website explains how we support and maintain child safety and wellbeing at Teesdale Primary School. 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 Teesdale Primary School on 03 5281 5218.Any child safety complaints or concerns are treated seriously. For more information about our school’s complaints process, see our Complaints Policy below.

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 Teesdale Primary School on 03 5281 5218 or at teesdale.ps@education.vic.gov.au.

Policies can be accessed via the Teesdale Primary School website