Pastoral Support & Safeguarding

Hereford Sixth Form College recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of its students and ensures that relevant and effective safeguarding practices exist and are actively promoted within the College.

Where concerns are raised about students’ safety or well-being we will do our best to help and support them, but there might be situations where we may need to pass these concerns onto the local Children’s Services Department and appropriate external agencies for consideration and support.  

A range of personal support is available to students within the College from the Student Services Team including the:

• Counselling Service.
• Student Well-Being Adviser.
• College Chaplain.
• Careers Department.
• Learning Support.
• Library.
• Physical Well-Being Manager

Students will also have access to ongoing support through their allocated Personal Tutor and Lead Tutors.

Child Protection

Hereford Sixth Form College is concerned that all students remain safe and free from harm and the College is committed to playing a full and active part in the multi-agency response to safeguarding students and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. 

We have developed a Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy that aims to meet these commitments.  This policy is reviewed annually by the College’s Governing Body and can be accessed via the link below. It is updated annually in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. A Peer on Peer (Child on Child) Abuse Policy is also updated annually. Please contact John Pratt, Designated Safeguarding Lead if you have any concerns jpp@hereford.ac.uk. 

More student information focused on the area of safeguarding can be found in the Student Support section of the website.

More information about eSafety can be found on the Parents & Carers page.

Further support for Parents & Carers can be found on the Talk Community website (please note Hereford Sixth Form College is not responsible for the content on this site.)