Child Safety & Safeguarding

Our procedures are informed by current Department for Education safeguarding guidance for tuition and other out-of-school settings in England.

Dominis reviews its safeguarding arrangements with reference to relevant UK guidance, including:

The current DfE guidance is specifically intended for organisations and individuals providing private tuition and other out-of-school activities.

Staff should never assume that another person will report a safeguarding concern.

Dominis takes appropriate steps to assess the suitability of individuals working with children.

The level of DBS check depends on the role and its eligibility under current DBS requirements.

The DfE advises tuition providers to use a range of suitability checks, because no single check alone establishes whether someone is suitable to work with children.

If a tutor or member of staff becomes concerned about a child’s safety or wellbeing, the concern should be reported promptly to the Designated Safeguarding Lead.

Staff should not conduct their own investigation.

Where necessary, the safeguarding lead will determine whether the concern should be referred to the appropriate safeguarding or statutory service.

Safeguarding applies equally to online tuition. Dominis expects online lessons to take place through approved platforms and communication channels.

Tutors must maintain professional conduct during all online sessions.

Current DfE guidance recognises that safeguarding risks can occur online as well as face to face, and expects tuition providers to have procedures for online safety.

All tutor–student communication must remain professional and related to learning. Tutors and students should use only Dominis-approved communication channels.

Personal contact details and private social-media accounts should not be exchanged between tutors and students.

Where communication relating to lessons is required, appropriate Dominis or parent-supported channels should be used.

Where Dominis records an online lesson for safeguarding, quality assurance or academic purposes, students and parents should be informed through the applicable programme terms.

…without appropriate authorisation.

Where a safeguarding concern is raised, an authorised recording may be reviewed as part of the appropriate internal process.

Any allegation or safeguarding concern involving a tutor, employee or other adult working with students must be reported promptly.

Dominis will follow its safeguarding procedures and, where required, refer the matter to the appropriate external safeguarding authority.

Concerns are taken seriously regardless of the position or seniority of the individual involved.

Safeguarding concerns can also arise between students.

Students should report behaviour that makes them feel unsafe or uncomfortable.

Parents, students or staff who have a safeguarding concern connected with Dominis should contact the safeguarding team.

If a child is in immediate danger or requires urgent protection, the appropriate emergency or statutory safeguarding service should be contacted without delay.

Any suspected breach will be reviewed and appropriate action taken.

Serious safeguarding concerns may be referred to relevant external authorities where required.

Dominis regularly reviews its safeguarding arrangements to ensure they remain appropriate and reflect changes in: