Child Protection Policy
1. What is Safeguarding?
Safeguarding means protecting children from harm, ensuring their development in a safe environment, and taking action when there are concerns. It includes:
- Preventing abuse, neglect, and exploitation
- Promoting the welfare and rights of children
- Acting swiftly when concerns arise
2. Who is Responsible?
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility:
- School Leadership & Board: Ensure safety systems are in place and working.
- Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs): Trained staff who lead on all safeguarding matters.
- All Staff & Volunteers: Receive regular training and must report any concerns.
- Parents: Encouraged to work in partnership with the school and report concerns.
3. Safe Environment
We strive to provide a physically and emotionally safe learning space by:
- Vetting all staff through identity and criminal checks
- Ensuring all visitors wear badges and are supervised
- Providing staff guidance on professional boundaries and online interactions
- Educating students about safe relationships, consent, and online safety
4. Education for Students
Children are taught, in age-appropriate ways, how to:
- Stay safe online and offline
- Understand healthy relationships and boundaries
- Recognise and report abuse or harmful behaviour
- Build self-esteem and body confidence.
This includes inclusive support for students with additional needs or vulnerabilities.
5. Reporting Concerns
If there are concerns about a child’s safety:
Staff will act immediately and notify the DSL.
- Parents will be informed unless doing so puts the child at further risk.
- We may involve external authorities (like police or child protection services) if needed.
- Concerns are documented securely and confidentially.
Children are also encouraged to report child-on-child abuse, and we have systems in place for this.
6. Allegations or Misconduct
If a concern is raised about a staff member:
- The school follows a strict procedure to protect both the child and the staff member involved.
- Investigations are handled by trained leaders and may involve external agencies
- Alleged abusers may be suspended during investigations.
- Whistleblowing is protected – anyone reporting concerns in good faith will not face retaliation.
7. Online Safety and Filtering
- Schools have secure internet filtering to protect against harmful content.
- Students are supervised while using technology.
- Staff and students are only to communicate via school-approved platforms.
8. Photos and Videos
- Generic photo consent is collected during enrolment.
- Parents can opt out of media use for marketing via a specific form.
- Photos for personal use during school events are allowed, but should respect other families’ privacy.
9. Early Help & Support
We believe in early intervention to help students facing difficulties. Support may include:
- Counselling
- Referrals to external support services
- Additional learning or behavioural support
Staff are trained to spot early signs of issues and offer support before problems escalate.
If you wish to speak to a Designated Safeguarding Lead, please contact the Primary or Secondary Office.
Safeguarding and Child Protection
Commitment Statement
Taylor’s Schools is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of every child. We recognise that safeguarding and child protection are a shared responsibility and are dedicated to protecting children from harm, abuse, and neglect in all environments. Our aim is to cultivate a secure, inclusive, and supportive environment where all children and young people can grow and thrive physically, socially, emotionally, and academically.
Endorsing the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, we have implemented comprehensive policies and procedures to prevent and respond to child abuse, or neglect affecting our learners. We maintain robust safer recruitment practices to ensure the most suitable people work with our children and provide staff and volunteers with ongoing training, supervision and support to fulfil their safeguarding responsibilities.
We expect all members of our community to respect the rights and dignity of every child and to contribute to their safety and wellbeing by understanding, implementing, and supporting our child protection and safeguarding policies and procedures.
Principles
Taylor’s Schools is committed to:
- Leading and governing a child-safe culture with clear accountability at all levels, ensuring every member of the organisation understands and fulfils their responsibility to safeguard children.
- Embedding safeguarding and child protection into all aspects of governance, decision-making, policy development, and operational practice, ensuring the best interests of the child are central to all systems, processes, and decisions.
- Valuing and upholding the rights, voices, safety, wellbeing, and cultural diversity of children and young people, ensuring they feel safe, heard, respected, and empowered.
- Developing and reviewing safeguarding systems, policies, and practices collaboratively, drawing on diverse perspectives to strengthen inclusivity and effectiveness.
- Pursuing continuous improvement in safeguarding practice, recognising that safeguarding goes beyond compliance. We are committed to continually strengthening how we promote children’s safety and wellbeing, prevent abuse, and identify, respond to, and learn from safeguarding concerns.
Safer Recruitment Practices
Taylor’s Schools is committed to providing safe and supportive environments for every child and young person. We recognise that this starts with ensuring that the people who work with our students are suitable, skilled and committed to their safety and wellbeing.
We maintain robust recruitment, screening and vetting practices, supported by safeguarding training, clear expectations of professional conduct, ongoing support and accountability. All employees and adults working with children are expected to understand and uphold their responsibility to safeguard and promote the wellbeing of every child.
How to Raise a Concern
If you have any concerns about the safety or wellbeing of a student, please don’t hesitate to contact our Designated Safeguarding Lead or School Principal who are trained to respond to such concerns.
Kuala Lumpur Campus: safeguarding@kl.tis.edu.my
Puchong Campus: safeguarding@pc.tis.edu.my
External Support
If you are concerned about the safety or wellbeing of a young person in Malaysia, you can contact the primary 24-hour child protection helpline Talian Kasih on the following number:
Talian Kasih: 15999
