Commitment to Student Safety and Wellbeing

St Clare’s Tully is committed to being a safe and nurturing community of care, where the rights and dignity of all children and young people are upheld and protected, and where all students have a right to expect that our school will always act to protect them from any kind of harm.

At St Clare’s Tully concerns or reasonable suspicions, we have about a student’s safety and wellbeing or the behaviour of a staff member or volunteer which a student considers to be inappropriate, will continue to be managed in accordance with our Student Protection processes.

All adults have a responsibility to care for children and young people, to positively promote their welfare, and to protect them from any kind of harm. The interactions of Catholic Education staff with students take place in the context of the employee being in a position of trust arising from the nature of their role.

All of our staff receive annual and ongoing training in the area of child protection. Our Student Protection Processors and Guidelines document can be found by accessing the Cairns Catholic Education Website (www.cns.catholic.edu.au), Student Protection page.

Parents and students should talk to the Student Protection Contacts, Mrs Karran Burzacott, Mrs Sharon Chappel, Mrs Sharon Scouller, or the class teacher if there are any concerns about the safety and wellbeing of any student or concerns about the behaviour of a staff member or volunteer which they feel is inappropriate. We take all reports seriously.