Child Safety

St. Mary’s Primary School is committed to ensuring the protection and safety of every child. The school is governed by the DOBCEL Child Safety policies and the school Child Safety Policy.

These policies are the overarching documents that provide key elements of our approach to protecting children from abuse.

As with all Victorian schools, we are required to follow the Victorian Child Safe Standards.

The safety and wellbeing of the children is paramount to the St. Mary’s ethos.

The school has a dedicated Child Safety Officer who has a vital role in maintaining child safety and wellbeing.

We welcome and encourage parents, caregivers, grandparents as well as those from the wider community to become engaged ion our school community.

​All volunteers, staff, and members of the School Advisory Council are required to sign the school's Code of Conduct

and provide the school with their current Working With Children Card. 


 CHILD SAFE POLICIES
Ministerial Order 1359 will be embedded in the culture of St Mary’s, Warracknabeal in July 2022. Click here for the new Standards

The Governing Authority has ratified the policies and procedures below for Child Safety.

Standard 1:   Culturally Safe Environments
​​Standard 2:   Child Safety and Wellbeing is Embedded in Leadership, Governance and Culture
​​Standard 3:   Child and Student Empowerment
​Standard 4:   Family Engagement
Standard 5:   Diversity and Equity
​​Standard 6:   Suitable Staff and Volunteers
Standard 7:   Complaints Process​
​​​Standard 8:   Child Safety Knowledge, Skills and Awareness
​​​Standard 9:   Child Safety in Physical and Online Environments
​​​Standard 10: Review Child Safety Practices
​​​Standard 11: Implementation of Child Safety Practices