Child safety and wellbeing at East Doncaster Secondary College: information for families and the school community
East Doncaster Secondary College is committed to providing an environment where students are safe and feel safe.
Our child safety framework https://www.eastdonsc.vic.edu.au/our-college/documents-policies-reports/ explains how we support and maintain child safety and wellbeing at East Doncaster Secondary College. It includes our:
- Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy
- Child abuse (including grooming) – identification and response
- Child Safety Code of Conduct which outlines acceptable and unacceptable behaviours for all staff and volunteers at our school.
Our students and families are important partners in providing a child safe environment. These regular newsletter reminders are one of the ways we ensure our school community is aware of: our commitment to child safety, and how to provide feedback or raise child safety concerns.
If you have any concerns about child safety at any time, please contact Assistant Principal, Cameron Campbell, at east.doncaster.sc@education.vic.gov.au . Any child safety complaints or concerns are treated seriously. For more information about our school’s complaints process, see our Complaints Policy.
We also welcome your ideas on ways we can improve our approach to child safety and wellbeing. If you have any suggestions or comments, please contact Assistant Principal, Cameron Campbell, at east.doncaster.sc@education.vic.gov.au
Annual privacy reminder for our school community
Our school collects and uses student and parent personal information for standard school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ privacy policy and the Schools’ privacy collection notice.
Our Photographing, Filming and Recording Students policy 2025-2026-Policy-Handbook.pdf, describes how we collect and use photographs, video and recordings of students. The policy also explains when parent consent is required and how it can be provided and withdrawn.
We ask parents to also review the guidance we provide on how we use Microsoft 365/Google Workspace for Education safely at the school and what parents can do to further protect their child’s information. If after reviewing the guidance, you have any questions or concerns regarding your child using Microsoft 365/Google Workspace for Education, please contact the school.
For more information about privacy, refer to: Schools’ privacy policy: information for parents. This information is also available in eleven community languages:
Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Gujarati, Mandarin, Somali, Sudanese, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese.
CCTV at our College
East Doncaster Secondary College has recently upgraded the closed-circuit television (CCTV) system at our school.
Our school has an obligation to ensure the school environment is safe and secure, and fulfil our duty of care to students, staff and visitors. The CCTV system assists our school to fulfil these obligations and to prevent and manage other inappropriate behaviour on school grounds. CCTV will also provide enhanced capability to protect our school’s assets against vandalism and theft.
We will follow Department of Education policy requirements for the design, installation, management and use of the CCTV systems. This policy is available at: CCTV in Schools – Installation and Management.
We will also place a CCTV Privacy Notice on our school website with more information about our school’s use of CCTV.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Reception on 9842 2244 or via email: east.doncaster.sc@education.vic.gov.au
Cameron Campbell
Assistant Principal