Safeguarding Children

At The Surrey Teaching Centre, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people. All staff have a duty to safeguard our pupils from abuse, bullying and ensure their safety within the school environment. Volunteers and visitors are expected to share this commitment too. 

The school has a Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and Procedure plan in place. This can be found by clicking here.

If you have any concerns about the welfare of a child or young person, please contact a member of our safeguarding team as soon as possible. They will speak with you about the details on the same day. Do not carry out your own investigation. 

In some cases, we may need to share information and work in partnership with other agencies when there are concerns about a child's welfare. Where possible, we aim to discuss these concerns with the child (in an age-appropriate manner) and their parents/carers, unless doing so could place the child at further risk or compromise their safety.

Our Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) are:

Our Safeguarding Team can be contacted on: stcdsl@tadworthcourt.surrey.sch.uk. 

Catherine Johnson is our Governor with responsibility for child protection and can be contacted via the school office. 

Our school

We are a medium-sized medical pupil referral unit situated in Tadworth in specialist accommodation in the grounds of The Children's Trust, a leading independent residential charitable trust specialising in rehabilitation programmes for children with an acquired brain injury.

All our pupils and young people have educational needs arising from their injury and many will need to be assessed for an Education, Health and Social Care Plan while they are resident at The Children's Trust.  

Some children and young people return to their mainstream school and others may transfer to a different or more specialised setting. We work with the pupils' next placements by offering advice, staff training and ongoing individualised curriculum support.

Our pupil intake age range is from 2 to 18 years. Pupils are taught both individually and in small groups, and we work closely with The Children's Trust, who have a team of therapy, psychology, nursing and medical staff on site, in order to provide a multidisciplinary approach for the children attending the centre and their families.

Uniform

We want all pupils attending Surrey Teaching Centre to feel part of our school community, and whilst they will be allocated a specific class and teacher, we do not expect our pupils to wear a school uniform. The majority of their day may be spent in therapy, psychology and physical sessions alongside their school sessions. We advise pupils to wear clothes that will allow them to access both school and therapy sessions comfortably and appropriately.

Please find below important documents and information about our school.

Financial Information

Please note that we do not have any employees with a gross annual salary of more than £100,000. Please click the links below to view our school's financial data: 

Charging and Remissions Statement:

Schools may only charge for activities which are specified in DFE guidance (principally activities taking place wholly or mainly outside school hours, such as off-site visits, and which are not related to the curriculum.) For all children and young people on a rehabilitation placement with The Children's Trust these activities and trips are planned and delivered by The Children's Trust team.  

Surrey Teaching Centre does not anticipate providing any of those activities within the next academic year and therefore, no charges will be necessary. The school will review the position before the start of the new academic year.