St Edward’s is committed to the creation of a positive and robust child safeguarding culture, ensuring that all children and young people are safe and valued members of their school community. The purpose of this policy is to provide the overall framework for child safeguarding within EREA.

This Policy and its Procedures support the creation of a culture for students and their families to
have their complaints heard, considered and responded to, and a culture of transparency in our
complaints management processes, including, but not limited to, complaints about staff misconduct
and Reportable Conduct

The College’s child safety policies and procedures complements the EREA Code of Conduct which details, clarifies and affirms the standards of behaviour expected for members of the Edmund Rice Education Australia community, including members of the College community.

Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) is committed to a culture of respect and ethical conduct in the way we work and relate to each other. We recognise the value of keeping the laws and standards that apply to us in our work and encourage everyone to report wrongdoing.

Pastoral Care is defined as the provision schools make to ensure the emotional, physical and spiritual welfare of students
within their care. A successful pastoral policy means students feel safe, happy, involved and are performing to their full
potential.

To manage complaints effectively, we have established a Complaints Handling Program that meets our legislative and regulatory obligations

This Policy & Procedures document sets out St Edward’s College’s (“the College”) expectations in regard to enrolment.

To enable the whole school community, which includes staff, students, parents and caregivers, the tools to respond to bullying, and provide strategies for prevention and intervention of bullying behaviour within the school.

St Edward's College is committed to creating engaging and effective classrooms, and an inclusive and safe school community for all. Students and staff have the right and responsibility to engage in positive and respectful relationships based on valuing the interests, abilities, and diversity of others. All school community members have the right to be treated fairly and with dignity in an environment free from intimidation, harassment, victimisation, discrimination and continued disruption.

As the largest provider of public education in Australia, the department has a unique and important role to play in leading, influencing and raising awareness to embed child safe practice and Child Safe Standards

EREA NSW Colleges Ltd is bound by the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Commonwealth
Privacy Act 1988. In relation to health records, EREA NSW Colleges Ltd is bound by the NSW Health Privacy
Principles (HPPs) contained in the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002.